The Ethiopian government has announced that it will collaborate with OCP, the Moroccan world leader in the phosphate industry, in a mutual US $2.5B project aspiring to establish a fertilizer plant in East Ethiopia.
An officer from the Ethiopian Institute of Chemical and Construction Development told the local press that “the plant, in joint venture with the OCP, will be constructed in the region of Shinile, bordering with the city of Dire Daoua and the Somali province, in east Ethiopia.”
The officer also pointed out that the factory will be constructed over 100 acres of land and is estimated to manufacture 1.1 million tons of urea and 1.5 million tons of fertilizer.Construction will begin next year, according to the same source, and should take place over a period of three years.