Emaphos to Double PPA Capacity
Emaphos (Euro Maroc Phosphor) has decided to increase purified phosphoric acid capacity by 140,000 mt/y of P205 at Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, thereby doubling the total capacity of the company.
“This project, leveraging on the respective strengths of its founding partners, is an important milestone of the growth strategy of the company notably to serve demand for purified phosphoric acid (PPA) worldwide, enhancing in a unique manner the commercial reach of Emaphos,” said Emaphos Board Chairman Mustapha El Ouafi.
The project Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) has been awarded to Prayon Technologies.
Emaphos is a joint venture created in 1996 and is equally owned by OCP SA of Morocco, Prayon, Belgium and Budenheim, Germany.