EGYPT

Bidders for Egypt's Nuclear Power Plant Requested to Lower their Prices 

The Egyptian Government has requested bidders for the contract to build Egypt's first l~000-megawatt nuclear power plant at al-Dabta, about 160 kms. west of Alexandria, to resubmit lower bids following the fall in world oil prices, according to Egyptian Electricity Minister Mahir Abaza who said in Cairo on 19 March that his Ministry had sent a letter to the bidders asking them to submit their...