Presentation at the 3rd European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC3), Helsinki, 11 - 13 June 2018, co-organised by the Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) and the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP), brought together nearly 300 participants from 30 countries talking about nutrient recycling and stewardship. See for all information and outcomes www.phosphorusplatform.eu/ESPC3

1. June 12, 2018
STATUS OF P-RECOVERY AND LOW-
GRADE ROCK PROCESSING ECOPHOS
PLANT IN DUNKERQUE, FRANCE
ROB DE RUITER
HELSINKI, FINLAND

2. ECOPHOS GROUP
BELGIAN GROUP ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT PHOSPHATE FIELDS SINCE 1996
Technology and
excellence center
ECOPHOS®
PILOT & DEMO
The Name in feed
ingredients
ECOPHOS®
OPERATIONS
Solution provider for
phosphate industry
ECOPHOS®
TECHNOLOGIES
Project and
engineering services
ECOPHOS®
Engineering
2 business models
 Production of animal feed phosphates:Aliphos
 Technology supplier: license, engineering and equipment supply
1 group, 4 activities
Private company owned by MohamedTakhim
300 Employees in Belgium, France, Bulgaria,The Netherlands
€150 Mio turnover, €50 Mio EBIDA in 2017

3. ChemBe: CHEMICAL BENEFICIATION
MAKING DCP, A NEW ROOT TO PRODUCE ALL P PRODUCTS
LOW GRADE rock + H2SO4
DCP + PURE gypsum
HCl
Sand
Pure CaCl2
DCP
Module 1A
Rock digestion
Module 1B
Phosphate recovery
Module CCP
Chloride purification
Cl/PO4
solution
CaCl2
solution
LG Rock
Residue
Residue
Offgas
Module 4
HCl recovery
Offgas
CaCO3
Ca(OH)2
H2SO4
Pure gypsum
Make-up
HCl loop
Low grade rock
No beneficiation
Low water consumption
Low energy consumption
Robust process
High yield
High flexibility
High quality products
Valuable co-products
CaCl2 bleed
Dunkerque

4. DUNKERQUE PLANT
ATTHE HEART OF EUROPE, ACCESSTO ALL MAJOR MARKETS
In Dunkerque harbor
Access to sea ships, trucks, barges, railway
Industrial environment

5. DUNKERQUE PLANT
THE BIGGEST DCP DIHYDRATE PLANT INTHE WORLD
Technology: EcoPhos
EPC: EcoPhos Industrial Services
Operation: Aliphos
Product: Dicalcium Phosphate di-hydrate feed grade
Capacity: 220 ktpa DCP (100ktpa P2O5)
Investment: $ 100 million

6. DUNKERQUE PLANT
FAST PROJECT EXECUTION
04 Mar. 2017
08 May 2017
11 Aug. 2017
13 Oct. 2016
30 Jan. 2017
02 Mar. 2016
TODAY
Key milestones
• Project kick-off: Apr 2015
• End of Engineering: Feb 2016
• Construction finished: Aug 2017
• End of cold commissioning: Nov 2017
• End of hot commissioning: Jan 2018
• Plant startup: Jan 2018

7. Plant name Year Country Capacity Product Modules Status
Decaphos (AliphosVarna) 2006 Bulgaria 60ktpa DCP/MCP 1A/1B In operation
UCCI 2010 Syria 60ktpa DCP 1A/1B/CCP/4 In operation
Quimpac 2014 Peru 60ktpa
25Ktpa
DCP
Phosphoric acid
1A/1B/CCP/3 In operation
Eurochem (Basic engineering) 2014 Kazakhstan 660ktpa DCP 1A/1B/CCP Under design
LLNP (pilot plant) 2015 Namibia 1ktpa DCP/phosphoric acid 1A/1B/3/4 Commissioned
Technophos (pilot plant) 2016 Bulgaria 1ktpa DCP/phosphoric acid 1A/1B/CCP/3/4 In operation
Aliphos Dunkerque 2017 France 220ktpa DCP 1A/1B/CCP In operation
Evergrow 2018 Egypt 110ktpa
50ktpa
100ktpa
DCP
Phosphoric acid
CaCl2 96%
1A/1B/CCP/3 + CaCl2 drying Under
construction
Evergrow SSP 2019 Egypt 100ktpa SSP SSP Under design
EGIL 2019 India 200ktpa DCP 1A/1B/CCP Under design
Dunkerque 2 (fly ash) 2020 France 35ktpa Phosphoric acid 6/Ion echange/4/CCP Under design
Everphos 2020 Egypt 440ktpa DCP 1A/1B/Dry DCP/CCP/ 4/ + CaCl2drying Under design
Chaneco 2020 China 220ktpa DCP, MCP, food grade PA 1A, 1B, 4, CCP, 3, 3C, IEX, DCP, MCP Under concept
Technophos Quimpac
ECOPHOS KEY REFERENCES
WORLDWIDE REALISATIONS
Evergrow UCCI

8. Reactors
Module
6
Fly ash
Co-product
neutralisation
Ca(OH)2
IEX1
HCl 33%
HCl
dilution
Residue
Fe Co-
product
To storage
CaCL2
purificati
on
CaCl2
To storage
Loaded HCl
Residue CCP
To storage
Scrubber Off gas
Process
water
H3PO4 54%
To storage
H3PO4
H3PO4
concentr
ation
CaC2
Concentr
ation
Steam
Effluent
condensate

9. THANKYOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTIONMohamedTakhim
CEO of EcoPhos

10. BACKUP

11. Module 1A
Raw
phosphate
rock
Digestion
Co product
Module 1BCaCO3
DCP
(CaHPO4.nH2O)
H2SO4
Phosphate
solution
CaCl2
HCl Make-up
Module 4
Module CCPCa(OH)2
Evaporation/
Granulation
Mg(OH)2/
Cd(OH) 2
SSP Unit SSP
Sand
HClrecycle
CaCl2 liquid or solid
Dryer
Mixing/
Granulation unit
NPK,
soluble fertilizers
DCP animal feed
Granulation MCP, MDCP (An. Feed)
TSP (Fert. grade)
Module 3
Or existing plant PA, PPA
Granulation SSP, CSP
H2SO4
H3PO4
H2SO4
N, K
CaSO4.n H2O (>99% purity!)
PurifiedCaCl2
PurificationResidue
ChemBe
H2SO4/P
Pure
gypsum
ChemBe: CHEMICAL BENEFICIATION
MAKING DCP, A NEW ROOT TO PRODUCE ALL P PRODUCTS
WET
Process

12. DUNKERQUE PLANT
RAW-MATERIALSAN PRODUCTS
INPUT
Phosphate rock: 0.5-2.0t/t DCP 1.2-4.9t/t P2O5
HCl as 100%: 0.3- 1.0t/t DCP 0.7-2.4t/t P2O5
CaCO3: 0.65-0.75t/t DCP 2.4/2.8t/t P2O5
Ca(OH)2: 0.003-0.005t/t DCP 0.007-0.012t/t P2O5
Process water: 3.7-4.2t/t DCP* 9-10t/t P2O5*
OUTPUT
DCP: 1 t/t DCP 0.41t/t P2O5
Dicalgypse: 0.15-0.3 t/t DCP (dry) 0.36-0.72t/t P2O5
CCP residue: 0.005-0.01t/t DCP 0.012-0.025t/t P2O5
CaCl2 effluent: 4.5-5t/t DCP* 11-12t/t P2O5*
*Process water consumption and effluent emission
decreased <1t/t DCP (<2t/t P2O5) if HCl recycled using Module 4