Article: A tale of two strategies: the local minerals industry is in the hands of two leading players at very different stages of development.(Arab Potash Company Ltd. and Jordan Phosphate Mines Company Ltd.)

Amman is one of the world's leading potash and phosphate exporters--but the two companies in charge of extracting these important minerals are approaching their business from entirely different perspectives. On the one hand is Arab Potash Company (APC), whose privatisation in 2003 paved the way for capital investment and a major expansion of its activities. On the other is Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC), facing growing labour disputes as plans for its own privatisation move ahead.

JPMC is in the middle of a restructuring and privatisation process begun in July 2004, when international banking group HSBC was signed up as the lead financial adviser for the ...

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