VOL. XXXIII

NO.18

5-FEBRUARY-1990

Iraq

Iraq to Build Aluminum Smelter Plant

The Aluminum Smelter Commission (ASC) of the Iraqi Ministry of Industryannounced on 29 January that it plans to build an aluminum smelter plant atNasiriya in southern Iraq with an annual capacity of 215,000 tons. The projectwill include an anode plant, one potline, and a cast house, as well asancillary utilities and services. A technical consultancy contract has beensigned with France's Aluminium Pechiney, and work has...