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Acid Plant Database  May 17, 2016

Owner Toros Agri-Industry and Trade Co. Inc.
Toros Tarim

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Location

Mersin
Turkey

Background

1968 - Akdeniz Fertilizer Industry was established in Mersin as a Kuwaiti-Turkish joint venture
1972 - Start of production
1990 - Became part of Tekfen Holding
www.tefken.com.tr
2005 - Akdeniz Fertilizer merged with Toros Fertilizer.  Name changed to Toros Agri-Industry and Trade Co. Inc.

Website www.toros.com.tr
Plant Mersin Facility
Coordinates* 36° 49' 8" N, 34° 40' 33" E
Type of Plant -
Gas Source -
Plant Capacity 214,500 STPA
SA/DA -
Status Shutdown & Dismantled (Based on Google Earth pictures)
Year Built -
Technology -
Contractor -
Remarks According to an April 2010 presentation by the Tefken Group, 100% of Toros sulphuric acid requirements for fertilizer production was imported.  Ceyhan plant imports phosphoric acid and does not have a sulphuric acid plant.  Mersin plant produces ammonium nitrate and calcium ammonium nitrate only.
Nitric Acid: 363,000 MTPA
Phosphoric Acid: 71,000 MTPA
Power: 7.4 MW Steam T/G, 4.7 MW Gas T/G
Pictures Toros Agri - Mersin 1.jpg (175233 bytes)  Toros Agri - Mersin 2.jpg (89889 bytes)  Toros Agri - Mersin 3.jpg (37147 bytes)
General Akdeniz Fertilizer Industry was established in Mersin as a Kuwaiti-Turkish joint venture for the production of chemical fertilizers in 1968 and began production in 1972. Following a facilities rehabilitation project between 1984 - 1987 that made renovations, the operation has been a part of Tekfen Holding since 1990. Akdeniz Fertilizer has merged with Toros Fertilizer on March 31, 2005 and the company has changed its name to Toros Agri-Industry and Trade Co.Inc in November 2005.Today the operations continue as Toros Agri Mersin Facility. Toros Agri Mersin Facility is a complex of covered and open-air storage and five production units, their support facilities, and a bagging facility for the production of fertilizer with Amonium Nitrate (containing %26-%33 Nitrogen ) and Diamonium Phosphate (%18 Nitrogen and %46 P 20 5) as well as other components for fertilizer production such as Sulfuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid and Nitric Acid.
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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
 

* Coordinates can be used to locate plant on Google Earth