VOL. XXXII

NO. 4

31-OCTOBER-1988

SAUDI ARABIA

Ibn al-Baytar Starts Construction of Fertilizer Complex

The Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Saudi Basic IndustriesCorporation (SABIC), Mr. Ibrahim ibn Salamah, has disclosed that the NationalChemical Fertilizer Company (Ibn al-Baytar), whose 500,000 ton/year ammoniaplant at Jubail went on stream in August 1987, has already started constructionof its new $170mn fertilizer complex. The latter consists of four units forthe production annually...