VOL. XXXI

NO. 29

25-APRIL-1988

EGYPT

Uhde Awarded Contract for Expansion of Abu Qir Fertilizers Plant

Uhde of West Germany has been awarded a contract worth some $216mn ($190mn inforeign exchange and $26mn in Egyptian currency) for expansion of the Abu Qirfertilizers plant, near Alexandria. The expansion work will take three years tocomplete, and will add a daily production capacity of 1,000 tons of ammonia,1,800 tons of nitric acid and 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate to the existing...