Two phosphate plants in Iran’s southern Bushehr Province have resumed operations after they were earlier shut down due to problems with working capital.
Persian Chemistry Industry Group Co.’s phosphoric acid plant, with 60,000 mt/y production capacity, and Sanat Pajoohan Co.’s 6,000 mt/y phosphate fertilizer plant have re-started following government support, according to Baku, Azerbaijan-based Trend News Agency, citing Iran’s official news agency IRNA.
The resulting increase in the production of phosphate fertilizers will help to meet the demand of Bushehr Province’s agricultural sector, while the surplus phosphate fertilizers will be exported, according to IRNA, citing the head of Bushehr Province’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Organization, Seyed Hossein Hosseini. Production of simple and triple phosphate fertilizers in the province reaches 300,000 mt/y, he said.