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Saudis eye world's second largest phosphate fertilizer maker spot - energy minister

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Reuters TURAIF, SAUDI ARABIA
Last Updated : Nov 22 2018 | 6:45 PM IST

TURAIF, SAUDI ARABIA (Reuters) - The completion of Saudi Arabia's Waad Al-Shamaal mining project will lift the kingdom's phosphate fertilizer production to 9 million tonnes annually, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday.

"This will make the kingdom the second largest producer of phosphate fertilizers in the world," al-Falih added.

(Reporting by Marwa Rashad, Writing by Tuqa Khalid; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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