VOL. XXXIV

NO. 52

30-SEPTEMBER-1991

Saudi Arabia

Yanbu' Titanium Dioxide Plant Starts Test Production

The National TitaniumDioxide Company (Cristal) has started test production from its new 51,500ton/year titanium dioxide plant at Yanbu', and official commissioning isscheduled for January 1992. The plant, costing an estimated $200mn, was built byBechtel and financed by two low interest loans of SR242mn ($64.5mn) and SR91mn($24.3mn) from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), as well as a...