SR.No: 93
Arab Potash Company (APC)
Sector: Industrials
Date of Establishment: 1956
Country: Jordan
President and CEO: Maen F. Nsour
Sales: $643 million
Profits: $179 million
Assets: $1.6 billion
Market Value: $2.7 billion
APC operates under a concession from the Government of Jordan that grants it exclusive rights to extract, manufacture and market minerals from the Dead Sea until 2058. APC is the eighth largest potash producer worldwide by volume of production and the sole producer of potash in the Arab world. It produces 2.3 million tons of potash annually and exports to over 30 countries.