Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 16

18-April-2005

ALGERIA

New Water Desalination Plant Planned For Algiers

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) on 12 April announced the signing of a letter of intent with Hamma Water Desalination SpA(HWD) for contracts worth $189mn to design, supply and construct a new 200,000 cu ms/day desalination plant near Algiers. The work is to be carried out through a joint venture with construction firm BESIX, while a portion of it will be executed by OCIs...