German engineering company Thyssenkrupp Uhde said it has signed a master agreement with Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) for the development, engineering, and licensing of a calcination plant for phosphogypsum processing.
The proposed plant will be located at the Saudi company’s Ras al Khair phosphate production site with the purpose of recycling phosphogypsum and to enable the capture of CO2 emissions.
The joint research and development will be carried out with Thyssenkrupp Polysius and Finland’s Metso Outotec, Thyssenkrupp said in a Jan. 10 statement. In its own statement, Ma’aden said the proposed complex will utilize its new technology, which has been officially recognized by the US Patent and Trademark Office.