Document SP-02 · Decision Authorities ESTIMATED

Feedstock Study

Jazan — Phase Initial · Registry: registry-jazan-v3 · May 2026

Jazan / Jizan Economic City generates 420 TPD across seven material streams. Two streams are unique to Jazan in the national program: ACWA Power IGCC gasification ash (80 TPD — richer in recoverable metals than conventional combustion ash, first-of-kind processing nationally) and agricultural/food processing waste (50 TPD — Saudi Arabia's only humid subtropical agricultural zone). Phase Initial: 2 modules, 200 TPD, 70,000 tpy.

Surge Capacity Design Basis

Baseline TPD 420
Surge TPD (P90) 546
Surge factor 1.3×
Primary surge driver IGCC + Agri Peak

ACWA Power IGCC turnarounds create industrial production surges. Seasonal fishing/food processing waste peaks (Jazan is a major Red Sea fishing hub). Agricultural harvest season creates organic waste peaks. WARN-05 — verify with MWAN seasonal data.

Stream Volume Table All ESTIMATED

Stream TPD Annual (tpy) Originator Access Phase Primary ACM Output
MSW Residential 140 49,000 Jazan Municipality (pop. ~1.3M) IMMEDIATE Initial Carbon Black RC2–RC3, Graphite RC3
IGCC Gasification Ash 80 28,000 ACWA Power Jazan IGCC CONDITIONAL Initial V₂O₅ · Ni · Fe · trace REE — UNIQUE
Agricultural / Organic 50 17,500 Jazan agricultural zone / fishing CONDITIONAL Initial Biochar · Pozzolanic SCM — UNIQUE
Petcoke / Refinery Ash 50 17,500 Aramco Jizan refinery complex CONDITIONAL Initial V₂O₅ · Ni — WARN-08
Wastewater Sludge 40 14,000 NWC Jazan WWTP CONDITIONAL Initial Pozzolanic SCM RC2
End-of-Life Tires 30 10,500 ELT aggregators / SIRC mandate IMMEDIATE Initial Carbon Black RC2–RC3, Aromatics RC3
C&D Fluff 30 10,500 JCPBI construction (steel/aluminium complex) IMMEDIATE Initial Mineral Aggregate RC1
Total Addressable 420 147,000 ESTIMATED
Phase Initial 200 70,000 LOCKED

ACWA Power IGCC Ash — First-of-Kind in Saudi Arabia

80 TPD — Richer in Recoverable Metals than Conventional Combustion Ash

ACWA Power's Jazan Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant is the first operational IGCC in Saudi Arabia. IGCC gasification ash differs materially from conventional combustion ash — the gasification process concentrates metals and minerals at higher recoverable concentrations than combustion.

Products from IGCC ash: Vanadium V₂O₅ (primary), Nickel (co-concentrated), Iron (RC1), trace REE. The IGCC ash composition requires specific engineering analysis for recovery configuration — this is not a standard petcoke ash configuration.

Current disposition: IGCC ash is a current disposal cost for ACWA Power. No incumbent processor in Saudi Arabia handles IGCC gasification ash for metals recovery. ACM provides the first disposal pathway with value extraction.

Agricultural Waste — Unique to Jazan

50 TPD — Saudi Arabia's Only Subtropical Agricultural Zone

Jazan Province is Saudi Arabia's only humid subtropical climate zone — capable of supporting tropical and subtropical agricultural production (mangoes, bananas, papayas, vegetables, fisheries). Agricultural and food processing waste is approximately 50 TPD. This stream has no circular processing pathway in any other KSA city.

ACM output: Agricultural organic waste → Biochar (soil amendment, agricultural carbon sequestration). This output addresses Ma'aden's Jazan phosphate operations (soil amendment supply chain) and the Saudi agricultural sector. Biochar from IGCC-adjacent processing creates a unique circular agriculture economy at Jazan.

Petcoke Ash — Aramco Jizan Refinery V₂O₅

Saudi Aramco's Jizan refinery complex processes Arabian heavy crude — same high-vanadium feedstock as Ras Tanura. Petcoke ash 50 TPD provides V₂O₅ recovery opportunity. WARN-08 — engineering confirmation required for Jizan petcoke configuration before any V₂O₅ volumes are committed.

Key Operators

Operator Role Stream
RCJY Land authority — Jazan mandate confirmed Site agreement — independent from SIRC CSA
ACWA Power Jazan IGCC — operational gasification plant IGCC gasification ash 80 TPD — UNIQUE
Ma'aden Phosphate Jazan phosphate operations Minerals recovery overlap + biochar offtake
Saudi Aramco Jizan refinery complex Petcoke ash 50 TPD — V₂O₅ (WARN-08)

Infrastructure Map

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Sources: SIRC.sa · RCJY.gov.sa · Marafiq.com.sa · MWAN.gov.sa · Verification: May 2026

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