01 March 2018

Khalifa Industrial Zone of Abu Dhabi (Kizad) has signed an agreement with Shaheen Chem Investment for the lease of land for a two-phase chemical complex in the industrial zone with an expected investment of Dh4 billion ($1.08 billion).

The complex will come up over a dedicated 330,000-sq-m area in Kizad and have a dedicated port terminal at Khalifa Port. The first phase of the plant is expected to produce 130,000 tonnes per year of caustic soda for Emirates Global Aluminium‘s (EGA) Al Taweelah alumina refinery and 160,000 tonnes per year of ethylene dichloride.

Upon completion of the second phase, caustic soda production capacity will double and the plant will expand operations with vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride production.

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