VOL. XXXIX

No. 22

26-February-1996

EGYPT

Uhde Wins Contract For Abu Qir III Fertilizer Plant

On 22 February, Egypt's Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Company announced that it had awarded the German firm Uhde GmbH a contract to build the $270mn Abu Qir III fertilizer plant at the company's complex near Alexandria. The contract, which Uhde won in competition with Snamprogetti of Italy and Chiyoda and Toyo Engineering of Japan, will be formally signed on 29 February. The...