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Two Midrex DR plants for North Africa
Jan 28, 2008
Midrex Technologies, Inc. (USA) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Ezz Steel (Egypt) and Technip Germany Gmbh to establish two new Midrex direct reduction plants to be located in Egypt and Algeria. Both proposed plants will be 1.65 Mt/a Midrex Megamods with turn key services provided by a consortium of Midrex and Technip.
Ezz Steel intends for the Egyptian DR plant to be erected at their existing Ain Sokhna, Suez site to provide an additional captive supply of DRI for local melt shop use. Under the MOU, Midrex and Technip have begun preliminary engineering and all parties have the goal to start construction in late 2008. The Algerian DR plant location and overall schedule will be announced, at a later date.
Ezz Steel presently owns three Midrex plants operating in El Dikheila, Egypt near Alexandria.
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