EGYPT

Work Nearing Completion on First Phase of Petrochemical Complex 

Work is nearing completion on three plants for the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), vinyl chloride monomer, and chlorine/caustic soda in the first phase of Egypt's projected petrochemical complex at al-'Amiriya near Alexandria, according to a recent issue of al-Bitrul, the monthly magazine of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).

The PVC plant, which is under construction by...