WAPHCO - El Wady for Phosphate Industries and Fertilizers

WAPHCO is the Owner and Operator of El Wady Phosphoric Acid Project that will utilize the huge phosphate ore reserves of Abu Tartour phosphate mine. El Wady for Phosphate Industries and Fertilizers (WAPHCO) is an Egyptian Joined Stock Company of eight (8) leading governmental shareholders namely: • Misr Phosphate Company (The operator of the largest phosphate mines in Egypt). • Al Ahly Capital Holding Company (The investment arm of the National Bank of Egypt). • Abu Qir Fertilizers Company (The largest Nitrogen fertilizers producer in Egypt). • Engineering for Petroleum and Process Industries “ENPPI” (the leading oil and gas engineering company). • The Petroleum Projects and Technical Consultations Company “PetroJet” (the leading contracting company in Egypt). • East Gas Company “EGC” (one of the largest companies in the field of oil and gas in Egypt). • National Investment Bank “NIB” (helped in the construction of massive infrastructure Projects in Egypt). • Egyptian Minerals Resources Authority “EMRA” (Regulates and implements laws governing the mining sector in Egypt). The plant will utilize the latest technology in manufacturing the phosphoric acid from the Abu Tartour ROM phosphate rock where Prayon Technologies of Belgium and K-Technologies of USA are the selected technology licensors for the phosphoric acid plant. The used technologies will produce superior quality merchant grade phosphoric acid (MGA) with the lowest heavy metals content that is suitable for the production of all kinds of phosphate and compound fertilizers and even other phosphatic products. The sulfuric acid production technology will depend on sulfur melting process where the preferred technology licensor is Outotec from Germany whereas the offsites and utilities and the overall integration of the plant is being performed by ENPPI (Egypt) / FLUOR (USA). www.Waphco.com