VOL. XLI

No. 07

16-February-1998

EGYPT

Alexandria Steel Complex Awards Expansion Projects To Japanese Firms

In statements issued in Tokyo on 12 February, Japan's Kobe Steel Ltd. and NKK Corp.said that they had separately won contracts from the Alexandria National Iron and SteelCompany (ANISC) for the expansion of the latter's steel works at al-Dakhila, nearAlexandria. Kobe Steel said that it won a joint contract with Japan's Tomen Corp. to builda $105mn plant using the direct reduction method...