VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 42

17-JULY-1995

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Lead Recycling Plant Starts Commercial Production

The National Lead Smelting Company announced last week the start ofcommercial production at its lead recycling plant in Riyadh. The plant, with anestimated cost of SR120mn ($32mn), started test production in March and itsoutput is currently running at 1,000 tons/month. Maximum capacity of 1,500tons/month is expected to be reached by the end of 1996, a company executivesaid. The company is owned...