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Isometric: 3 of 6 mega warehouses in Saudi (steel frames)

Unger builds storage facility for fertiliser factory in Saudi

JEDDAH, April 15, 2015

Unger Steel Middle East is building six mega warehouses with conveyor systems for Spanish industry plant specialist Intecsa Industrial in Saudi Arabia at a cost of €530 million ($561.7 million)

The Umm Wu'al EPC project, in the north of the kingdom, is currently being implemented to exploit and process the country's rich phosphate deposits.

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Ma'aden, commissioned Spanish industrial plant specialists Intecsa Ingeniería Industrial with the development and construction of a new fertiliser plant at Ras Al Khair industrial complex.

The project construction is currently scheduled to start in May and to complete by end of July next year.

Saudi Arabia is accelerating the expansion of the mining sector, which is to be developed in addition to the oil and petrochemical industry as the third pillar of the economy, said a statement.

In the Waad Al-Shimal Mineral Industrial City, a new fertiliser factory will be built which, after completion, will have a production capacity of three million tonnes per year.

With the development, planning and implementation of the major project, the largest Spanish construction company Intecsa Ingeniería Industrial was appointed in April last year as a specialist for industrial, petrochemical and fertilizer plants.

The six large warehouses, which will have a length from 110 to 276 m and a clear span of over 70 m and a height of over 45 m, have been designed to create the maximum amount of storage space without restrictions.

After on-time completion and handover in July next year, the warehouses will be used for the storage of potash and phosphate. Sand trap louvers and roof ventilation openings will provide natural air circulation and conditioning.

The Unger Group was also entrusted with the construction of supporting steel for conveyors running under the warehouse roof ridges as well as with the steel fabrication for the conveyor system from the production site to the new warehouses and further to the port itself.

Matthias Unger, chief executive officer of Unger Steel Middle East, said: ”Along with the UAE and Qatar, Saudi Arabia has become one of the central markets in the Arab region, we are successful in winning over clients with our superior expertise and our highest levels of quality. For successful implementation of projects, we place particular importance on professional management.” - TradeArabia News Service




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