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29 January 2026

New phosphate project

IRAQ

New phosphate project

Iraq’s Ministry of Industry and Minerals confirmed on Wednesday its intention to proceed with the construction of a new phosphate plant in Al-Qaim district, Anbar province, to use 10 billion tonnes of phosphate reserves. The ministry also revealed the expected production volume and the total value of the project. Ministry spokesperson, Duha Al-Jubouri, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “This project aims to revive this sector after the near-total destruction of the phosphate plant due to terrorist operations.” She explained that “the project is being implemented in partnership with the private sector and is considered one of the mega-projects that reflects the significant potential Iraq possesses.”

Al-Jubouri added that the project’s production capacity will be 500,000 t/a of triple superphosphate (TSP) fertilizer and 1.0 million t/a of diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer. She explained that “the project is based on strategic assets, as the western Anbar desert contains one of the largest phosphate reserves in the world, estimated at about 10 billion tons,” noting that “the total cost of the project is about $2 billion.”

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