State Company for Phosphates

Acid Plant Database May 13, 2015

Owner	State Company for Phosphates
Location	-
Background	Iraq Ministry of Industry and Minerals
Website	www.scpqiraq.com
Plant	Al-Qaim Complex Plant
	Plant No. 1	Plant No. 2	Plant No. 3
Coordinates*	34° 19' 22" N, 41° 10' 39" E	34° 19' 23" N, 41° 10' 40" E	34° 19' 24" N, 41° 10' 41" E
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning	Sulphur Burning	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur	Elemental Sulphur	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	500,000 STPA	500,000 STPA	500,000 STPA
SA/DA	-	-	-
Status	Operating	Operating	Operating
Year Built	1985	1985	1985
Technology	Mechim	Mechim	Mechim
Contractor	Sybetra	Sybetra	Sybetra
Remarks	-	-	-
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General	The Chemical complex was established in 1976 by a Belgian company "Sybetra" as a general contractor with a capital of 350 million Iraqi dinars and started production in 1985. The Complex consists of a set of integrated and interrelated plants to produce chemical fertilizers as a final product. These plants are (ore beneficiation plant, sulfuric acid plant, phosphoric acid plant, the utilities plant, fertilizers plants, ammonia plant, fluorine salts plant, and materials handling plant). The main objective of the company is to carry out the detailed exploration and investigations of phosphate deposits as well as production and transfer of phosphate ores for beneficiation and production of phosphate fertilizers, compound fertilizers and various products and by-products including complementary industries for the production of phosphatic compounds. Akashat phosphate mine is located in the province of Anbar in the western desert at Akashat region sites between Alqaim district and Rutba district about 150 km southwest ,The main task of the mine is limited by the extraction of the phosphate rocks ,crushing , loading and conveying the raw materials by rail wagons to the chemical Complex in Allqaim .Akashat phosphate mine project is an integrated production unit owns their workshops ,vehicles and warehouses as well as other requirements necessary for production operations. Akashat is an open pit mine of design capacity reaches 3.4 million ton per year with 12 hours work a day the mine capacity can be duplicated according to working hours.
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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

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