West Africa Fertilizer Business Information Map-2019
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2019
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This is a register of sixty-six (66) fertilizer plants comprising six (6) fertilizer production, one (1) micronutrient production, eleven (11) organic fertilizer and forty-eight (48) blending facilities known to be operational in West Africa through the end of 2017.
For the purpose of this register, the fertilizer plants are segmented into two categories:
• Production: Those who undertake mining and/or some type of chemical reaction to produce fertilizer. Typically, these are large specific product plants such as urea, ammonium nitrate, DAP and other NPK complex, etc.
• Blending: Those which mix macro- and micro-nutrient products to obtain a final product ready to use. The register also lists micro-nutrient producers and includes a section on proposed projects either under construction or likely to be operational within the next five years. The fertilizer industry details were collected through a registration survey jointly undertaken by the USAID West Africa Fertilizer Program (USAID WAFP), West Africa Fertilizer Association (WAFA) and AfricaFertilizer. org (AFO).
The details were obtained in three main ways: directly from the listed companies by use of questionnaires, from company websites and secondary data from various fertilizer-oriented institutions.It is important to note that capacities listed are nominal and not operational capacities.
Information on all plants listed in this register can be found on the AfricaFertilizer.org official website (http://www.africafertilizer.org). Production There are six (6) fertilizer production plants in West Africa for nitrogen-based and phosphate-based fertilizers. Also included are plants producing organic fertilizers and micro-nutrients. Nitrogen Notore Chemicals Industries Ltd and Indorama Eleme Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd, both in Rivers State, Nigeria, are currently the only plants producing urea and ammonia in West Africa. Phosphates Several phosphate mines in West Africa extract phosphate rock but process the phosphate at a different level. Industries Chimiques du Sénégal (ICS/Indorama) process phosphate rock to phosphoric acid and uses that in their plant in Mbao to produce DAP and TSP. Toguna Agro Industries grinds and granulates the natural phosphate of Tilemsi for regional West Africa use, and Société Nouvelle des Phosphates du Togo (SNPT) exports all their production of phosphate rock abroad. Other phosphate rock extraction activities are done by Société d’Études et de Réalisation des Phosphates de Matam (SERPM) in Matam. Potash There are no current manufacturers of potash in West Africa. There are 2 potash deposits that have been identified and are being considered for development.
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Fertilizers, Production