VOL.XXXIXNo. 6018-November-1996EGYPT

OPCReceives Six Bids For Polypropylene Project The mainly private sector Oriental Petrochemicals Company (OPC) has received sixbids for the construction of its projected 120,000-ton/yearpolypropylene plant at Alexandria. The bids were invited last June aftertalks with three possible licensors - BASF of Germany, Montel of Italy andUnion Carbide Corporation (UCC) of the US (MEES, 17 June). Thecompanies were given three months to submittheir bids but the...