VOL. XXXIV

NO. 12/13

24/31-DECEMBER-1990

Algeria

New Polyethylene Plant to Be Constructed in Algeria

Algeria's Entreprise Nationale de la Petrochimie (ENIP) and Spain's RepsolQuimica agreed on 20 December to establish a joint venture named SocieteMediterraneenne des Polymeres (Polymed) for the construction of a 130,000ton/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant in Algeria. Polymed's capitalwill be 67% owned by ENIP and 33% by Repsol Quimica. The new plant will beconstructed at Skikda, in the...