VOL. XXXIX

No. 22

26-February-1996

SAUDI ARABIA

Hitachi Zosen/Marubeni Win Contract For Jubail Soda Ash Plant

The Arabian Mining and Manufacturing Company (AMAM) has awarded Hitachi Zosen Corporation and Marubeni Corporation of Japan a SR659mn ($176mn) lump-sum turnkey contract to build a soda ash plant in the industrial area of Jubail. The plant will produce 264,000 tons/year of light and dense soda ash, 90% of which will be used for local consumption. Soda ash is used to produce...