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21 November 2025

Indorama to boost phosphate fertilizer production

SENEGAL

Indorama to boost phosphate fertilizer production

Singapore-based Indorama Group, through its Senegalese subsidiary Industries Chimiques du Sénégal (ICS), has signed a memorandum of understanding with Senegal’s Investment and Major Projects Promotion Agency (APIX) to launch a major $210 million investment, aiming to boost Senegal’s phosphate and fertilizer production capacity, reinforcing the country’s strategic role in the regional agricultural input market.

The investment will focus on modernizing and expanding ICS’s production facilities. At the Mbao fertilizer plant, the company will increase NPK and DAP output from 250,000 to 400,000 t/a. It also plans to build a new single superphosphate (SSP) unit with a capacity of 350,000 t/a. Meanwhile, production of phosphoric acid at Darou will rise to 660,000 t/a year, supported by a new sulphuric acid plant capable of producing 700 t/d. These projects represent a significant scaling up of ICS’s operations and are expected to give Indorama a stronger foothold in Senegal’s growing fertilizer market.

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