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Jordan Bromine Company (JBC)
Jordan Bromine Company Limited (JBC; established 1999; 50% Albemarle Holdings Ltd., 50% Arab Potash Company APC) is a joint venture producing bromine and bromine derivatives from Dead Sea brine on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea. The 26-hectare production facility is located in the Ghour Al-Safi area, approximately 26.6 km northwest of the city of Karak and 6 km north of the APC potash plant, directly on the southern end of the Dead Sea. JBC has a 2-hectare storage and export facility in Aqaba, Jordan's only Red Sea port, through which it exports bulk liquid bromine and derivatives globally. JBC self-identifies as 'the second largest [bromine producer] in the world' and produces bromine, TBBPA (tetrabromobisphenol A), calcium bromide, sodium bromide, and potassium hydroxide. In 2024, Arab Potash and Albemarle signed a JD576 million ($818M) expansion agreement witnessed by Jordan's Prime Minister.
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