Tender Update: October
Big Project ME and Emirates Tenders list ten tenders for October
Project Number: ZPR645-SA
Project Name: Alumina Refinery Project
Territory: Saudi Arabia
Client Name: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MAADEN)
City: Riyadh 11537
Postal/Zip Code: 68861
Country: Saudi Arabia
Phone: (+966-1) 874 8000
Fax: (+966-1) 874 8300
Email: info@maaden.com.sa
Website: http://www.maaden.com.sa
Description:
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to build an alumina refinery with capacity of 1.8 million metric tonnes of smelter-grade alumina.
Budget: $1,500,000,000
Period: 2014
Status: Current Project
Remarks:
This project will be located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is being implemented in joint venture with US-based Alcoa. The joint venture company will be known as Maaden Bauxite & Alumina Company and will comprise of a bauxite mine and an alumina refinery.
It is the second phase of the $10.8 billion, fully-integrated aluminium complex that Maaden is developing with Alcoa, which will include an integrated alumina refinery, aluminium smelter and rolling mill at Ras Al Khair on Saudi’s eastern coast on the Persian Gulf. The client has signed a draft agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company to build the smelter.
The client has officially awarded the $1.5 billion EPC contract to South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company. The contract includes completing detailed engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning assistance, start-up assistance and training services.
The project is scheduled to be completed by end of 2014. Switzerland’s ABB has been awarded a $24 million contract to supply electricity for this smelter from the Ras Al Khair power plant. Scope of work involves the design, engineering and supply of a new 380kV outdoor, gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at the power plant to feed the new smelter, due for completion in 2013.
The contract also includes supply of communication, auxiliary systems and IEC 61850-compliant substation automation, control and protection. The containerized system will be factory assembled and pre-commissioned to speed up site installation.
Project Manager: Fluor Arabia Limited (Saudi Arabia)
Project Manager: Worley Arabia Company Ltd. (Saudi Arabia)
Main Contractor: Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company Limited (Saudi Arabia)
Tender Categories:
Industrial & Special Projects
Tender Products:
Aluminium Smelters/Plants
