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Doosan to build US$80mn desalination plant for Saudi's Marafiq

Doosan will build a multi-effect desalination facility in Yanbu, about 350 km northwest of Jeddah.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has secured an US$80mn deal to build a seawater desalination plant in western Saudi Arabia.

Under the deal with Marafiq, a Saudi Arabian state-run company, Doosan will build a multi-effect desalination facility in Yanbu, about 350 km northwest of Jeddah, according to a report from Yonhap.

Doosan plans to complete the plant in March 2014, which will produce 54,000 tonnes of fresh water per day, the report said.