VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 46

14-AUGUST-1995

Saudi Arabia

SABAYEK To Start Up In Mid-1996

The Gulf Ferroalloys Company (SABAYEK) will start test production from its80,000 ton/year plant at Jubail in July 1996 and go into commercial productionin March 1997, a company official said last week. The plant will produceferrosilicon, ferromanganese, silicomanganese and silicon. It is being built byMannesman Demag Huettentechnik of Germany and BHP Engineering of Australia undera $120mn contract awarded in mid-1994...