Industrial Minerals


Jordan Bromine increases capacity to meet higher global demand

16 March 2011

by Jack Elliott

Dead Sea bromine producer to increase capacity by a third to 200,000 tpa in 2012

Keywords: Jordan Bromine, bromine, Albemarle, Arab Potash Co., oilfield minerals

US specialty chemicals producer, Albemarle Corp. has announced that Jordan Bromine Co. (JBC), its joint venture located on the Dead Sea in Safi, Jordan, will significantly increase its bromine capacity in 2012.

Jordan Bromine is a joint venture...