Industry | Mining |
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Founded | 1956 |
Headquarters | Amman, Jordan |
Key people | Shehadah Abu Hdaib (Chairman), Maen Nsour (President and CEO) |
Products | Potash (mainly potassium chloride), Saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and other derivatives |
Website | www |
The Arab Potash Company (APC) is a Jordanian company that is primarily involved in harvesting minerals from the Dead Sea. It is the eighth largest potash producer worldwide by volume of production and the sole Arab producer of potash. The company was formed in 1956 in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a pan-Arab business venture and it has a 100-year concession (1958-2058) from the government of Jordan that grants it exclusive rights to extract, manufacture and market minerals from the Dead Sea. It is headquartered in Amman and has its main plants at Ghor Al Safi. The company's stock is listed on the Amman Stock Exchange's ASE Weighted Index.[1][2][3]