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Producing in mines

 

Available production power and available concentration methods

 

The company invests in the raw materials of phosphate, salt and quartz sand

 

The raw materials of phosphate are mined from 2 major sites: Khnaifees and Alsharqia with a medial percentage of phosphoric dioxide 24 -28%.  Starting from 1980s to the present day , the productive density of the two mines is /2650000/ tons, /800000/ of which from Khnaifees mine and the rest /185000/ tons from Alsharqia two mines (A) and (B) while the discovered reserve exceeds /2/ billion tons. Alsharqia phosphate reserve is considered the most important. The company is willing soon to produce additional amount of the washed phosphate so the general annual production becomes /3.8/ million tons i.e.  The productive density of phosphate becomes /3.85/ million tons starting from 2005.

 

 

Most of the produced qualities, 80% of the general production, are for export. The rest 20% is locally used in making phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer in Homs Fertilizer. Later, the phosphate and especially the raw materials are being transported by railway to Tortuous' port 265 km away from mines. The ordinary phosphate (P2 O5) is transported in a percentage of /29.75- 30.25%/ to Homs fertilizer and Tartous' port while washed –dried phosphate of / 30.75 - 31.5 % / is transported to Tartous.

2- Raw salt is invested from under-surface mine from a depth of /150m/ of sea level. Approximately, the annual production is /75/ tons. Also, salt is mined from salinities and marshes with an average of /50-100/ tons a year.

 3- Quartz sand: this raw material is found in many areas in country; most important are Altadmouria Mountain Series, Albishri Mountain and Alforatia Benches. Those raw materials are mined from Alramlia and Aldaana mines (near Alqritain city) with annual quantity of /850/ tons. And equal quantity is mined   by the private sector in different sites in Reif Demashk. The company exports most of phosphate production to external markets while quartz sand and salt are locally distributed.

 

 

Phosphate usage:

Annually,(600-700) thousand tons of phosphate are used locally in fertilizer in Homs- Syria for farming the phosphor acid, the triple fertilizer and locally used Super phosphate, but the remaining produced amounts about 3,2 million tons are exported outside(to the previous mentioned countries).

The exported amounts are used externally in making the alimentary, unnatural and yellow phosphor and all kinds of simple and double phosphate fertilizers, and also in making the compound fertilizers which contain the elements of phosphor for the nourishment of agricultural lands.

The Syrian phosphate is also used for making the forage (De-calcium phosphate).

The company with the ordered authorities, in collaboration with Ministry of Industry and Syrian private sector in addition to international organizations, are studying the development of production of Syrian phosphate and exceeding the productive amount for a developed industry of phosphor acid and different fertilizer with cooperation with the private sector in Syria and with international institutions expert in the construction of such projects according to the investment law, number / 10 /.

 

Developing phosphate:

Due to the huge amounts of raw materials of phosphate in Alsharqia mines, it is possible to increase production and to improve quality by wet concentration method / washing and floating/. An integrated plant is found to produce washed-dried phosphate with a capacity of /1.2/ million tons a year, so the total production of phosphate becomes /3.85/ million tons. The general company of phosphate and mines is supplied with water from Alsawana hydro-geologic basin.

 

Developing phosphate loading and storing department in Tartous

The general company of phosphate and mines purchased new loading tower to be installed shipping pavement /19/ instead of the old one in order to increase loading capacity and to reduce ascending dust while loading on ships. The general company of phosphate and mines purchased new telescope pipe with high specification so it reduces ascending dust while loading phosphate to be installed on loading tower on pavement /18/.  The general company of phosphate and mines established a central lab and a semi-industrial experiment unit in headquarters to make all necessary researches on phosphate.

 

Developing rocky salt:

An integrated plant to produce rocky salt is under foundation with a productive capacity of /70000/ tons as a substitute to the existing one, which became old and consumed-30 years. The general company of phosphate and mines seeks to develop mining methods in mines and to move from manual mining to the mechanical one in mines tunnels.

Developing quartz sand production:

Due to the huge amounts of pure quartz sand which can be used in making high quality glass and pottery and else, it is possible to establish sand washing and classing plants to be used in different aspects of industry to provide the needs of the local market and the neighboring ones. That plan has it own rail way beside an asphalted road leading to it.