A consortium of multinational companies comprised of KHD (Germany), ABB (Switzerland) and UZIN (Romania) have submitted a feasibility study to the Egyptian government asserting that the high-quality cement needed for the construction of Egypt's planned nuclear reactor could be produced locally. On Thursday, the Egyptian International Cement Company (EICC) informed the prime minister's office that the factory it intends to build 75 km south of Al-Dabaa--the site of the proposed nuclear reactor--would be capable of providing all the cement necessary for the project. The cement company also expressed its willingness to cooperate with experts from the consortium for this purpose. Should the government accept the cement firm's offer, Egypt would become the first country in the region to produce the high-quality cement needed for the construction of nuclear reactors. EICC also requested permission from the Council of Ministers and Petroleum Ministry to import natural gas or diesel fuel from Libya to operate its planned cement factory. The factory will be built at a total cost of US$500 and will be able to produce some three million tons of cement annually. Translated from the Arabic Edition.
