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Article: Bids received for cement investment.(SYRIA)(Brief article)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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At least four companies have submitted bids for the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract to invest in and upgrade two cement plants.
Bidders for Adra Company for Cement & Building Materials and Tartous Company for Manufacturing of Cement & Building Materials include Swiss-based Holcim, France's Lafarge, Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries and Italy's ItalcementiGroup. An award is expected to be made by the end of April (MEED 27:1:06).
The contract is part of a wide-ranging programme by the General Organisation for Cement & Building ...