VOL. XXXVI

NO. 46

16-AUGUST-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

South Korean Firm Awarded Contracts Worth $904Mn For Desalination Plant

The Korea Heavy Industries and Construction Company (KHICC) has been awardedcontracts worth $904mn for the construction near Mecca of a new desalinationplant - the Shuaiba-2 plant - with a capacity of 100mn gallons/day of potablewater to supply both Jiddah and Mecca. KHICC will construct the desalinationfacility and will participate in a consortium led by Bechtel of the US to...