thyssenkrupp fertilizer production technology wins over Saudi customer Ma’aden again

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) will use the dual-pressure ammonia process

developed by thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions in the new “Phosphate 3” ammonia plant at

its fertilizer complex. As a subcontractor of the South Korean company Daelim Industrial Co.

Ltd., Seoul, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions is providing the process license and extensive

engineering, supply and monitoring services. The plant – which has a capacity of 3,300 tons

per day and is located near the port of Ras al Khair on the Arabian Gulf – is scheduled to be

completed in early 2022. In total the three Ma’aden ammonia plants, which are part of one

of the world’s largest integrated fertilizer complexes, will have a capacity of around 3.5 million

tons per year.

The thyssenkrupp dual-pressure ammonia process is already being used with great success

in the first two ammonia plants at the “Phosphate” fertilizer complex. The plants are highly

reliable and eco-friendly: This dual-pressure ammonia process reduces energy consumption

by up to 4%.

“This third contract to build a new ammonia plant intensifies the already outstanding

collaboration and great trust between Ma’aden and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions. It

reflects our position as a technology leader for super-size ammonia plants and confirms

thyssenkrupp’s reputation in the industrial sector,” says Ralf Richmann, CEO of the Fertilizer

Technologies business unit at thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions.

Since 1994 alone, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has developed and built new ammonia

plants with a total production capacity of more than 14 million tons and modernized several

existing ammonia plants.