Jordan inks 813-mln-USD deal with U.S. company on bromine production

AMMAN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's Arab Potash Company (APC) signed on Monday an 813-million-U.S. dollar joint investment agreement with U.S. chemical manufacturing company Albemarle to boost bromine production in the country, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The five-year, four-phase project, to start this month, aims to increase the production capacity of bromine and specialized derivative materials of Jordan Bromine, a joint venture between the APC and Albemarle, while providing necessary production requirements, Petra reported.