JIFCO

Acid Plant Database December 24, 2023

Owner	JIFCO - Jordan India Fertilizer Company
Location	Eshidya Jordan
Background	Joint venture company owned by - Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) - Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
Website	www.jifco.co
Plant	-
Coordinates*	29° 53' 51" N, 36° 8' 28" E
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	4500 MTPD
SA/DA	DA
Emissions	-
Status	Engineering
Year Built	2014
Technology	MECS
Contractor	SNC-Lavalin Europe (EPCM) Construction Contractor: Mid Contracting www.midcontracting.com Van Leeuwen Gulf: Supplied 2000 tonnes of pipes, fittings and flanges in carbon steel, low-alloy and high-alloy steel
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General	IFFCO and Jordan Phosphates Mines Company Ltd (JPMC), Jordan have formed a Limited Liability Joint Venture Company, namely Jordan India Fertiliser Company (JIFCO) on March 6, 2008 in Amman, Jordan under the ‘Free Zone’ system to set up a Phosphoric Acid Plant with annual capacity of 4,75,000 tonnes P2O5 and a Sulphuric Acid plant with annual capacity of 14,25,000 tonnes Sulphuric Acid at Eshidiya in Jordan. IFFCO (27%) and Kisan International Trading FZE, Dubai (25%) together hold 52% equity, while JPMC holds 48% equity. According to the long term Rock Supply Agreement, JPMC will make available the required quantity of Rock Phosphate for the project and KIT will purchase minimum 70% of Phosphoric Acid produced under a long term Phosphoric Acid Off-Take Agreement. The Foundation Stone of the plant was laid at Eshidiya Site on October 3, 2009. October 14, 2010 has been declared as zero date of the project. SNC Lavalin International, France, is the Project Manager under Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Contract. The plant is under construction and expected to achieve commercial production by July 2013. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and European Investment Bank (EIB) were the Lead Financial Arrangers cum Advisors for syndication of Debt of US$ 335.5 million for the Project. The Financial Closure has been achieved and the disbursement of loan by the lenders has commenced. Project Details Plant - 1500 TPD of (P2O5) Phosphoric Acid and 4500 TPD Sulphuric Acid and related facilities at Eshidiya, Jordan.The Financial Closure for the project is achieved and the first disbursal of 80 Million USD was made by the Senior Lenders on 23rd November 2011. The Foundation Stone of the Project was laid by His Majesty the King Abdullah – II on 3/10/2009. The Project was commissioned and Production started on 29/5/2014. The first consignment of P2O5 was delivered to Kandla India from Aqaba, Jordan on 26/6/2014. The Project was commissione1500 TPD of (P2O5) Phosphoric Acid and 4500 TPD Sulphuric Acid and related facilities at Eshidiya, Jordan.The Financial Closure for the project is achieved and the first disbursal of 80 Million USD was made by the Senior Lenders on 23rd November 2011. The Foundation Stone of the Project was laid by His Majesty the King Abdullah – II on 3/10/2009. The Project was commissioned and Production started on 29/5/2014. The first consignment of P2O5 was delivered to Kandla India from Aqaba, Jordan on 26/6/2014. The Project was commisd and capitalized on 1/10/2014. The official inauguration of the Phosphoric Acid Plant took place on 10/10/2015 jointly by His Majesty the King Abdullah-II and President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. Capital Cost - The Project Capital Cost is estimated at USD 860 million. Funding - Debt : Equity Ratio 39:61. Equity contribution by sponsors USD 524.5 Million, Loans USD 335.5 Million from International Financial Corporation (IFC) and European Investment Bank (EIB) Equity - IFFCO and its affiliates 52% and JPMC 48%. Loan Disbursement - The Financial Closure for the project is achieved and the first disbursal of 80 Million USD was made by the Senior Lenders on 23rd November 2011. Effective date of start of Construction Activities - 14th October, 2010. Commissioned and Production - The plant has been commissioned and production of concentrated Phosphoric Acid (52% P2O5), the final product, has commenced from 29th May, 2014. JIFCO Jordan : First shipment of Phosphoric Acid - The First consignment of 10,000 tons of Phosphoric Acid from JIFCO Jordan is loaded in the Ship on 26th June 2014 at Aqaba Industrial Jetty, Jordan for transportation to IFFCO Plant, Kandla, India. Declaring closing & capitalizing - Capitalize Phosphoric Acid project at $860 million. Board declares start of regular operations wef 1st December 2014.
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News	October 10, 2015 - President Pranab Mukherjee and Jordananian King Abdullah II today inaugurated the world's largest sulphuric acid plant, an Indian joint venture built at a cost of $860 million. The joint venture between IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) and JPMC (Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company) plant, which was conceived in 2007, is now operational in the town of Eshidiya, 325 kms from Jordan's capital city of Amman. The plant will come as a huge relief to India's agricultural sector requirements in view of meagre availability of phosphates in India. Phosphoric acid produced at the plant will be exported to the Kandla port in Gujarat from Jordan's Aqaba port, which is close to the location of the plant. International Finance Corporation (IFC) has given a loan of $335 million to the project in which IFFCO has a 52 per cent stake. The two leaders inaugurated the plant using remote buttons, with the project and workers. IFFCO’s Managing Director and CEO, U S Awasthi, thanked the king for his support to the project and announced a grant of 1,00,000 Jordanian Dinars to Queen Alia’s fund to support education in Jordan. President Mukherjee today arrived here on the first leg of his six-day historic visit to turbulent West Asia. July 5, 2010 - The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) is all set to start importing phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid which shall be produced at the Eshidiya plant in Jordan by the fourth quarter of 2012. “The imported phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid will be used to produce fertilisers in IFFCO's di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) plants, as well as in its nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium plants,” IFFCO Senior Executive Director SC Mittal informed during an internal event known as “ICT, Knitting the IFFCO family" here. It is worth mentioning here that in March 2010, the JV company formed between IFFCO and Jordan Phosphate Mines Company Limited (JOPH) had awarded a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) to SNC-Lavalin Incorporated to build a phosphoric acid plant that, along with a sulphuric acid production line, in the industrial zone of Eshidiya some 200 kilometres south of Amman. Though, construction has commenced, and installation of the production lines and utilities is scheduled to begin later this year. Upon completion by the end of 2012, the US$ 400 million phosphoric acid plant is expected to produce 500,000 tonnes per year of phosphoric acid. The US$ 225 million sulphuric acid production line addition, which will follow the plant's construction schedule, is expected to yield 4,500 tonnes per day of sulphuric acid. JOPH, Jordan's largest fertiliser producer, which holds 48 per cent stake in the joint venture with IFFCO, has agreed that all of the raw acid from the Jordanian plant would be exported to India for IFFCO, which holds a 52 per cent in the venture. IFFCO is also looking at exporting the end products to the world market. May 18, 2010 - SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin in Europe has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) contract to build a grassroots sulphuric/phosphoric acid complex including utilities and a power plant in Eshidya, Jordan by JIFCO, a joint venture company owned by Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO). JPMC is a leading phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and fertilizer producer in Jordan, and IFFCO is the largest fertilizer producer and distributor cooperative in India. The total estimated investment value of the project is about CAN$630 million (US$625 million). SNC-Lavalin will provide overall project management, detailed design, proprietary equipment items and construction management for the facilities. This world-class complex will have a capacity of 500,000 tonnes/year of phosphoric acid. It includes a single line sulphuric acid plant with a capacity of 4,500 tonnes/day, making it the largest single stream unit in the world. "This contract reflects our notable experience and technical capabilities in the fertilizer field" said Jean Claude Pingat, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and President, SNC-Lavalin in Europe. "It is also an excellent example of how SNC-Lavalin creates synergies among its various areas of expertise to bring added value to its clients, in this case the provision and integration of sulphuric and phosphoric acid plants and other associated facilities." Work will begin immediately and production start-up is expected before the end of 2012.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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