VOL. XLI

No. 19

11-May-1998

QATAR

Qatar Selects Lurgi/Midrex For Construction Of QABICO Plant

The Qatari Minister of Electricity & Water and Chairman of the Qatar Steel Company(QASCO), Mr. Ahmad Ali al-Subai, signed on 6 May a Letter of Intent with Germany's LurgiMetallurgie GmbH and Midrex of the US for a $349mn engineering, procurement andconstruction (EPC) contract to build the production facilities of the Qatar Hot BriquettedIron Company (QABICO). QABICO, which was established in...