{"id":79871,"date":"2026-09-24T23:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79871"},"modified":"2026-09-24T23:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:05:34","slug":"dzw-aa7490ba7cc368a4401b3c77c67a06f7d24bca43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79871","title":{"rendered":"Minister Arkab Initiates 2.4-Million-Tonne Phosphate Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Mohamed Arkab initiated the construction of a new integrated chemical phosphate fertilizer complex by laying its foundation stone at Oued Kebrit in Souk Ahras province. This development marks a significant step, establishing the complex as the inaugural link in <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a>&#39;s integrated phosphate value chain. The facility is projected to achieve an annual production of approximately 2.4 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers in its initial phase, alongside 570,000 tonnes of nitrogen fertilizers and various intermediate chemical products.<\/p>\n<p>The Oued Kebrit complex holds strategic importance for Algeria, serving to transform enriched phosphate from the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79838\">Bled El Hadba<\/a> mining hub into higher-value industrial products. This project is central to strengthening the local processing of national mineral resources and expanding the domestic fertilizer industry. It aims to meet the needs of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=79680\">national agricultural<\/a> sector, thereby enhancing <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/home\/en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">food security<\/a> and contributing to broader industrial integration across the phosphate value chain.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond its primary output, the complex is designed to manufacture various phosphate fertilizers, including DAP, MAP, and NPK, as well as urea and essential intermediate chemicals such as sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, and ammonia. The construction efforts are being undertaken by an Italian company, Saipem, utilizing an &quot;EPC Fast Track&quot; model intended to expedite completion. Algerian companies, specifically <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/sonatrach.com\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sonatrach<\/a> subsidiaries like SARPI, GCB, and GTP, are also actively participating in this large-scale endeavor, underscoring a collaborative national and international effort. Minister Arkab was accompanied by other high-ranking officials, including Ministers Mourad Hanifi and Abdelkader Djellaoui, the Souk Ahras Governor, and Sonatrach&#39;s CEO, during the foundation stone laying ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Mohamed Arkab laid the foundation stone for an integrated chemical phosphate fertilizer complex in Oued Kebrit, Souk Ahras. This complex, designed to produce 2.4 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers annually, represents the first link in Algeria&#8217;s integrated phosphate value chain to meet national agricultural needs and foster industrial development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79872,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79871\/revisions\/79872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}