public company industry mining manufacturing founded 1953 headquarters amman jordan key people amin kamel kawar founder products phosphates fertilizer chemicals website http www.jordanphosphate.com jordan phosphate mines is a mining company based in jordan . it was founded in 1949 and its main offices are located in amman . the company operates 3 mining facilities in jordan and a chemical manufacturing complex in aqaba . the company s name is abbreviated to jpmc and its stock is listed on the amman stock exchange s ase weighted index as joph . board of directors chairman amer al majali juniadi almasri talal alsadi abdulkareem almalhema deputy chairman munther haddadin member saeed shanan hamad al omer haytham batikhi khaled al quran contents 1 operations 1.1 mining 1.2 1986 acquisition 1.3 manufacturing 1.4 affiliations and partnerships 2 references 3 external links operations edit mining edit according to the company s website more than 60 % of the area of jordan has phosphate deposits at minable depth and jpmc is currently the only company mining phosphates in jordan . jpmc s three mining facilities are located in russeifa 15 kilometers 9 mi north of amman commencing in 1935 hassa and al abiad 135 kilometers 84 mi south of amman commencing in 1962 and 1979 eshidiya 125 kilometers 78 mi northeast of aqaba commencing in 1989 1986 acquisition edit in 1986 jordan phosphate mines bought out the jordan fertilizer company in which it had a 25 % share of stock ; the jordanian government had owned 50 % of the company . jordan fertilizer at the time was operating a chemical and fertilizer manufacturing complex in aqaba which was taken over by jpmc . manufacturing edit jpmc s al aqaba complex produces fertilizer and chemicals including phosphoric acid used to make fertilizers detergents pharmaceuticals steel and cola diammonium phosphate dap fertilizer sulphuric acid many uses aluminium fluoride used as a catalyst in the manufacture of aluminium and magnesium ; used as a ceramic glaze affiliations and partnerships edit jpmc s corporate partnerships include a 2007 memorandum of understanding signed with iffco indian farmers fertiliser cooperative the largest fertilizer manufacturer in india indo jordan chemicals held by jpmc southern petrochemical industries of india and the arab investment company of saudi arabia nippon jordan fertilizer company a joint venture held by jpmc the arab potash company and a japanese consortium comprising zen noh mitsubishi corporation mitsubishi chemical and asahi kasei . pt petro jordan abadi a joint venture between jordan phosphate mine co. plc. with indonesian company pt petrokimia gresik . the new plant was predicted to be completed in january 2014 for producing 200 000 tons phosphoric acid 600 000 tons sulphuric acid and 500 000 tons gypsum granulation per year . 1 references edit http www.thejakartapost.com news 2011 07 21 jordanian company petrokimia build phosporic acid plant.html external links edit jordan phosphate mines official website english jordan phosphate mines official website financials jordan phosphate mines official website joint ventures retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jordan phosphate mines & oldid 698237499 categories mining companies of jordanchemical companiesphosphate mininghidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 january 2016 at 21 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view