Egypt's El Delta to award $300m plant deal

Egypt's El-Delta Company for Fertilizers and Chemical Industries has said it will award the $300m contract to build a new ammonia plant at its Dakahliya fertilisers complex in the north east of Egypt, by the end of 2010, Meed has reported. The contract is for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 1,200 tonne a day (t/d) ammonia plant. El-Delta already produces 360 t/d of ammonia and 900 t/d of ammonium nitrate at its Talkha-1 plant and 1,260 t/d of ammonia at its Talkha-2 plant at the Dakahliya complex.