VOL. XXXV

NO. 47

24-AUGUST-1992

Qatar

Holderbank to Design New Qatar Cement Plant

The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) signed an agreement on 18 Augustwith the Swiss firm Holderbank Management and Consulting Ltd. to design a$100mn, 2,000-ton/day cement plant to be constructed at the Umm Bab Industrialarea west of Doha, next to QNCC's existing plant which produces at present some300,000 tons/year of Portland cement. The new plant will utilize gas producedfrom the North field.

Upon the...