The objective of the project is to economically mine the Al Jalamid phosphate deposit in the north of the Kingdom. The phosphate deposit will be mined by open-cut mining and the ore processed in a beneficiation plant at Al J alamid. The five million tonnes per annum of phosphate concentrate will then be railed approximately 1,400 kilometers from Al Jalamid to the fertilizer production facilities located at Ras Az Zawr. The fertilizer complex at Ras Az Zawr consists of three sulfuric acid plants, three phosphoric acid plants, one ammonia plant and four diammonium phosphate (DAP) plants and their related infrastructure.
From this master planning work has grown a major role for WorleyParsons on this development; first through the management of the $4.5 billion (direct capital cost) Phosphate Project located at Al Jalamid and second through the management of development of the minerals complex infrastructure at Ras Az Zawr including a bachelor housing village, common utilities such as cooling water, and oversight of the deepwater port being developed by the Saudi Seaport Authority.
The fertilizer complex at Ras Az Zawr will produce three million tonnes of diammonium phosphate (DAP) each year, which represents over 10% of the world production of DAP.
