Industrial
24 February 2026
JPMC to build new sulphuric acid plant
Written by Richard Hands
The Indo-Jordan Chemicals Company (IJCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), has signed a $193 million strategic agreement with China’s East China Engineering Science and Technology Company to construct a sulphuric acid plant in the Shidiya area. The new facility will have a capacity of 900,000 t/a of concentrated sulphuric acid, and is scheduled to be completed within 30 months, according to the company. The sulphuric acid produced will be used in phosphoric acid manufacturing as part of a new expansion phase, increasing IJCC’s phosphoric acid production capacity from 330,000 t/a to 550,000 t/a.
