VOL. XLII

No. 07

15-February-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Al Rajhi To Finance $835Mn SCECO-West

The Saudi bank al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporationannounced on 10 February that it had agreed to finance the entire SR3.13bn($835mn) Saudi Consolidated Electric Company - West (SCECO-West) power plantproject. A bank official was reported to have said that "the financingwill be for 13 years, including a three-year grace period with an annualreturn of around 8%." Al-Rajhi bank is an Islamic bank and...