VOL. XXXVII

NO. 9

29-NOVEMBER-1993

Egypt

InvestmentAuthority Approves 'Amiriya Refinery Project

Egypt's HigherInvestment Authority, meeting in Cairo on 22 November under the chairmanship ofPresident Husni Mubarak, approved a total of 45 industrial, agricultural andtourist projects including one for a $950mn refinery to be constructed at al-'Amiriya,near Alexandria, where Egypt's nascent petrochemical complex is also located.