Maaden: phosphates, fertilizers and Saudi exports
Maaden's phosphate mining, DAP and fertilizer exports from Saudi Arabia, its industrial hubs and the place of phosphates in a wider mining group.
Maaden is a Saudi mining and industrial group with a major role in phosphate and fertilizer supply to international markets.
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Maaden, the listed Saudi Arabian Mining Company, connects phosphate rock mining with processing and fertilizer shipments. Its phosphate supply chain runs through large industrial hubs and export infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, including Wa'ad Al Shamal and Ras Al Khair. Beyond phosphates, the wider group also operates in aluminium, gold and other minerals, so fertilizers form one part of a multi-commodity business with a strong export orientation.
For agriculture, the relevant part of Maaden is its phosphate business, which supplies phosphate raw materials and finished fertilizers such as DAP. Mineral resources, production and finished fertilizer deliveries are successive stages in this chain, each with its own scale measures and operating constraints. Reserves, planned capacity and current output are therefore different things, and the Phosphate 3 programme is a capacity development project rather than a source of volumes already on the market.
Size of the business
Maaden reported total group revenue of approximately USD 10.3 billion in FY2025. This figure covers the whole group, including aluminium, gold and other non-fertilizer businesses.
Is Maaden exclusively a fertilizer producer?
No. Phosphates are one part of a multi-commodity group that also includes aluminium and gold.
Does Phosphate 3 describe current fertilizer sales?
No. Phosphate 3 is an expansion programme, and its planned production capacity is a different measure from actual sales.
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