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Egyptian Firms Sign Final Contracts with Chinese Consortium to Build Chemical Plant
Several Egyptian companies signed on Sunday final contracts with a Chinese consortium comprising China State Engineering Corp and East China Engineering Science and Technology Company to build a phosphoric acid plant in Egypt's New Valley area, Reuters reported.
The plant, which has an investment value of $658 million, will have the capacity to produce 250,000 tons of concentrated phosphoric acid in the first phase of the project, Egypt's petroleum ministry said in a statement.
Egyptian participants in the project include leading fertilizer producer, Abu Qir Fertilizers, state-owned Misr Phosphate and others.
