Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 50

13-December-2004

QATAR

Projected GCC Aluminum Production Set For Further Boost By QP Plans

Qatar Petroleums (QPs) announcement on 5 December that it had entered a heads of agreement deal with Norsk Hydro on a 570,000 tons/year aluminum plant to be located in the Mesaieed Industrial Area, will establish the GCC as a leading world producer of aluminum. Based on projected production capacity targets by aluminum companies in Bahrain, the UAE, Oman and...