Sonatrach and Fertiberia sign contract to build new ammonia plant in Algeria

Algeria’s state-owned oil company Sonatrach concluded a partnership contract Monday with Fertiberia SA, Spain's largest maker of fertilizers to build an ammonia plant in the western city of Oran worth 315 million euro.

• Officials at the Spanish company said chemical fertilisers sector in Algeria is very promising in view of agricultural projects size and increasing demands for agricultural products in the country.
• They added that the project would turn the Spanish company into the second largest chemical fertilisers group in Europe. The new complex, with a capacity to produce 1.1 million metric ton of ammonia a year is one of the most four fertilisers ones due to be built in western Algeria.
• For his part Sonatrach’s CEO Mohamed Meziane said the four complexes will enhance Algeria’s position in the world in terms of chemical fertilisers.
• The United States of America and the European Union are the most important markets for Algerian exports of fertilisers.
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