Egypts Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced it will offer 12 new steel mill licenses to meet rapidly increasing demand and to stave off an expected shortage by 2017.
The deadlines for the launch of the factory building licenses will be finalised by the beginning of next month, the ministry has said.
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), has signed an agreement to buy a 40 per cent stake in Sohar Aluminium Company (SAC) from the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) for US$400mn. SAC produces 360,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum and also owns and operates a 1,000 MW combined cycle captive power plant. SAC is a joint venture between the Oman Oil Company, ADWEA and Rio Tinto Alcan.
An agreement between Qatar Steel and engineering and plant-building firm, Siemens VAI, will see Qatar Steels melt shop capacity go up by about 30 per cent following an ?upgrade project?. The deal covers the supply and installation of core equipment required for the upgrade and the project will also take care of the emissions through a sophisticated ?off-gas treatment system?.
SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES Corporation (SABIC) announced that its manufacturing affiliate, Saudi Iron and Steel Company (HADEED), signed an agreement with the Italian company, Danieli, for the construction of a steel plant and a production line for galvanizing long products in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
SAUDI ARABIAN MINING Company (Maaden) has signed a US$10.8 billion contract with Alcoa, a world leader in aluminium, for the development of a fully integrated world-class aluminium industry in the kingdom.
p>SAUDI ARABIAN MINING Company (Maaden) has signed a US$10.8 billion contract with Alcoa, a world leader in aluminium, for the development of a fully integrated world-class aluminium industry in the kingdom.
