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FERTILIZERS

A CONSORTIUM LED BY TECNIMONT AWARDED

A USD 300 MILLION EPC CONTRACT FOR A

FERTILIZER PLANT IN EGYPT BY KIMA

MAIRE S.p.A. announces that a con- crops, as well as exported to international
sortium composed by its Integrated E&C markets.
Solutions (IE&CS) subsidiary Tecnimont This project follows KIMA’s ammonia and
S.p.A and Orascom Construction S.A.E. urea large plant built by Tecnimont and
has been awarded a Lump Sum Turn-Key Orascom Construction and successfully
Engineering Procurement and Construction started up in 2020 in the same industrial
contract for a Nitric Acid and Ammonium complex, located in the Aswan Governor-
Nitrate plant by KIMA, Egyptian Chemical ship, in Upper Egypt.
Industries Company. by Tecnimont – as well as construction
activities to be carried out by Orascom Alessandro Bernini, CEO of MAIRE, com-
The contract value to the consortium is mented: “We are really honored to keep
approximately USD 300 million, of which Construction. The plant, whose completion on supporting a prominent player such as
is expected in the first half of 2026, will
about USD 220 million pertaining to Tec- produce 600 tons per day of Nitric Acid, KIMA in the development of the Egypt’s
nimont. The finalization of the contract that will be fully transformed into 800 tons fertilizer value chain. With this award we
is subject to successful execution of the per day of fertilizer-grade, granulated, further consolidate a long-lasting, fruitful
financing package. The scope of work in- Ammonium Nitrate, which will be sold to relation and strengthen our industrial foot-
cludes mainly engineering, supply of all ma- local farmers, increasing the yields of their print in North Africa, thanks to our strong
terials and equipment – to be performed capability in executing EPC projects”.

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