Gama, Polysius scoop Yamama clinker deal

27 February 2004
A team of Germany's Polysius and the local Gama Industry Arabiaon 23 February signed the contract to install a new clinker line for Yamama Saudi Cement Company. The value of the contract is SR 1,500 million ($400 million). The 10,000-tonne-a-day (t/d) line will be added to Yamama's existing cement plant outside Riyadh. The project is part of a comprehensive modernisation programme being carried out at Yamama, which also includes the construction of a new 125-MW captive power plant (MEED 21:11:03).

Under the 36-month contract, Polysius will act as the out-of-kingdom contractor on the scheme, providing engineering services, technology and equipment. Gama will be in charge of the project's local portion, worth about SR 400 million ($107 million), comprising all local supplies and construction.

It is the second contract the Polysius/Gama team have signed up for in the kingdom in the past eight months. In July, the companies won the SR 400 million deal to set up a 3,500-t/d cement line for Eastern Province Cement Company (EPCC -MEED 11:7:03).

Last November, Yamama signed a SR 285 million ($76 million) contract with Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery (DDIT), the former Alstomindustrial turbine business, to build a gas-fired captive power station to replace the existing, diesel-powered generation plant. Under the contract, DDIT will supply and install five 25-MW turbines. The first turbine is due to become operational by December, with the following four turbines coming on stream throughout the subsequent four months.

DDIT has recently been sold to Germany's Siemensand will be fully integrated into the company's power generation division by September.

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