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EGYPT: RESIDENTS OF COASTAL PROVINCE FIGHT FERTILIZER FACTORY.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 21-JUL-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani

CAIRO, Egypt, Jul. 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Controversy is rising over the fate of a Canadian fertilizer plant currently under construction in Egypt's coastal province of Damietta.

Residents fear the plant could adversely affect the But despite...

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...environment. a recommendation from parliament concerning the relocation of the factory, recent official statements suggest the issue is far from settled.

"The government ought to implement the parliamentary recommendation and move the factory," said Hamdi Hassan, a prominent member of parliament from the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement. "But a final decision on the matter has yet to be issued."

Last year, Canadian petrochemical giant E Agrium received the approval of the Egyptian government to build a fertilizer plant on Damietta's Ras al-Barr island, about 200 kilometers from Cairo. Construction of the factory, at an estimated cost of $2.5...

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