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    3 May 2025

    Daewoo to build phosphoric acid plant

    TURKMENISTAN

    Daewoo to build phosphoric acid plant

    Daewoo Engineering & Construction has signed a $700 million framework agreement to build a fertilizer plant in Turkmenistan. The agreement was signed in Seoul with Turkmenistan’s state-owned chemical firm, Turkmenhimiya, according to the Turkmen Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, noting the Korean firm was named the preferred bidder for the project in October. The project aims to construct a fertilizer plant that will extract phosphoric acid from phosphate rocks and process the substance into 300,000 t/a of annually in eastern Turkmenistan by 2029.

    After the agreement signing ceremony, Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun met with his Turkmen counterpart, Baymyrat Annamammedov, and discussed expanding bilateral cooperation in other industrial plant projects, the ministry said. “Turkmenistan is a key region that we expect to serve as a strategic hub for the construction market in Central Asia,” a Daewoo official said. “We will do our best to explore new markets and diversify our business portfolio.”

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