Oct 22, 2018
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has awarded Daelim with a 3.35 billion Saudi Riyal (USD 892 million) engineering, procurement and construction contract to build the first plant in the company’s third large-scale phosphate complex (“Phosphate 3”). The complex will increase Ma’aden’s phosphate production capacity to 9 million tonnes, securing the Kingdom’s global position as a top phosphate producer and exporter.
Darren Davis, President and CEO of Ma’aden, and Heon Jae Yim, Daelim SEVP and CEO, signed the EPC contract at the Ma’aden headquarters in Riyadh to build a new ammonia plant in Ras Al-Khair on the Eastern coast of Saudi Arabia.
“Today’s announcement is the next step in securing Ma’aden’s leadership position in the global phosphate fertilizer market,” Mr. Davis said. “With today’s award and the launch of Phosphate 3, we are building on our existing world-class phosphate business, ensuring that the phosphate resources of the Kingdom are developed efficiently, and delivering a meaningful contribution to the Saudi Vision 2030 goal of economic diversification for the Kingdom.”
“As a leader in global EPC, it is our pleasure to have another opportunity to work for Ma’aden,” said Mr. Heon Jae Yim. “With Ma’aden’s superb leadership and our accumulated expertise and know-how in project management, we recently successfully completed the ammonia plant for the Ma’aden Waad Al-Shamal Phosphate Company. We are very proud to once again serve Ma’aden and the Kingdom, and are committed to the success of this new project for Phosphate 3.”
Upon completion of Phosphate 3, Ma’aden will increase its capacity to supply phosphate fertilizer to global markets by 3 million tonnes per year, with total production capacity of nearly 9 million tonnes. This will make Saudi Arabia the world’s third largest producer of phosphate fertilizer and the second largest exporter.
Daelim Industrial and Saudi Daelim Limited will jointly carry out the EPC for the construction of the 1.1 million tonne per annum ammonia plant, which will be implemented over 38 months.
This is the first of the Phosphate 3 plants to begin construction. The project is expected to cost 24 billion Saudi Riyals (USD 6.4 billion). The project will generate non-oil GDP growth of 25 billion Saudi Riyals (USD 6.7 billion) and approximately 7,000 direct and indirect jobs.