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Industries Chimiques du Sénégal (ICS), operating under the brand of its majority owner Indorama Corporation (since 2014), is Senegal's largest industrial complex and Sub-Saharan Africa's largest producer of phosphate fertilizer products. Founded in 1976 as a product of South-South cooperation between India's need for phosphoric acid and Senegal's high-quality phosphate reserves, ICS has operated continuously for nearly five decades. The company operates three integrated sites: a phosphate rock mine 100 kilometres north of Dakar near Thiès at Taïba N'Diaye; two phosphoric acid production plants in Darou with a combined annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes of P₂O₅; and a downstream fertilizer plant in Mbao (near Dakar) producing 250,000 tonnes per year of DAP and NPK products. ICS mines approximately 1.7–1.8 million tonnes of phosphate rock annually. The company exports the vast majority of its phosphoric acid to India (including to IFFCO, which holds a 6.78% stake) and sells fertilizers across West Africa and internationally. ICS benefits from dedicated logistics including its own railway fleet and a dedicated berth at the Port of Dakar. Indorama Corporation is a Thai-founded diversified multinational conglomerate. ICS is a key contributor to Senegal's export revenues and phosphate sector, which accounts for a significant portion of Senegal's mineral exports.
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