Sinoma International Engineering signs contract with Defence Ministry worth €1.05bn

Mohamed Samir
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Sinoma International Engineering Co., Ltd announced that its subsidiary Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co., Ltd. (CDI) signed a €1.05bn contract with the Egyptian government on Sunday.

According to the turnkey contract, six clinker cement production lines with 6,000 tonnes of daily capacity for the equipment bureau of the Ministry of Defence and Military Production will be supplied, designed, constructed, installed, and maintained by the CDI.

 

Egypt is one of the top cement producers with a total production capacity of 70 million tonnes of clinker. Egypt’s cement consumption is estimated at 52 million to 54 million tonnes per year. The cement industry now accounts for around 3.7% of GDP.

 

This new project will launch in Beni Suef. The cement production line will include camp construction, a mining platform, and a mining crusher plant, according to the statement.

 

The contract period for the operation and maintenance of the six production lines is three years. The new production line is to begin pilot production in December 2017.

 

Half of the total contract’s amount of €1.05bn (including financial costs), which made up about 34.72% of the CDI’s revenue in 2015, will be paid in euros and half in Egyptian pounds, according to the exchange rate announced by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

 

15% of the contract’s value (excluding financial costs) will be paid in advance, while the rest of the contract amount will be paid in annual instalments over 11 years. The Ministry of Defence will provide a letter of guarantee of payment.

 

Sinoma International became the first Chinese contractor in Egypt’s engineering and  construction industry after signing a contract for two 5,000 tonnes per day cement production lines in the Sinai Peninsula with the Department of Defence on 24 June 2007.

 

Sinoma said in a statement that the project will help it further explore the overseas market of cement project equipments and the contract does not affect independence of the Sinoma’s major business.

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Mohamed Samir Khedr is an economic and political journalist, analyst, and editor specializing in geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean. For the past decade, he has covered Egypt's and the MENA region's financial, business, and geopolitical updates. Currently, he is the Executive Editor of the Daily News Egypt, where he leads a team of journalists in producing high-quality, in-depth reporting and analysis on the region's most pressing issues. His work has been featured in leading international publications. Samir is a highly respected expert on the Middle East and Africa, and his insights are regularly sought by policymakers, academics, and business leaders. He is a passionate advocate for independent journalism and a strong believer in the power of storytelling to inform and inspire. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Moh_S_Khedr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-samir-khedr/
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