Raw phosphate production increased by 1.2 million tonnes in 2019 — JPMC

AMMAN — The production volume of raw phosphate in 2019 increased by 1.2 million tonnes to 9,231,125 tonnes, compared with 8,022,399 tonnes in 2018, Chairman of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) Muhammad Thneibat said on Monday.

Thneibat noted that the company and its affiliates achieved “record numbers” in terms of production and sales, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

He added that last year’s sales volume of raw phosphate went up by one million tonnes to 9,073,094, compared with 8,062,798 tonnes in 2018.

The Indo-Jordanian Chemicals Company, which is fully owned by the JPMC, in 2019 recorded the “highest annual production rate of phosphoric acid ever”, standing at 260,361 tonnes and exceeding the design capacity of the company’s factories, which is 224,000 tonnes, Thneibat noted.

The chairman added that the Jordanian-Indian Fertilisers Company’s production of phosphoric acid in 2019 went up to 491,950 tonnes from 476,200 tonnes in 2018, while sales increased from 466,346 tonnes in 2018 to 521,243 tonnes in 2019.

The JPMC board of directors had earlier endorsed the 2020 production plan, which included producing 10 million tonnes of raw phosphate, according to Petra. 

The plan highlights the company’s keenness to realise its vision to develop businesses, improve performance through the ideal utilisation of available assets and resources, lower production costs and follow up on local and international developments.