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Report No. 608-EGT
EgyptAppraisal ofTourah Cement Expansion Project(In Two Volumes)
Volume 11: AnnexesDecember 30, 1974Industrial Projects DepartmentNot for Public Use
Document of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
This report was prepared for official use only by the Bank Group. It may not be published.quoted or cited without Bank Group authorization. The Bank Group does not accept respon-sibility for the accuracy or completeness of the report.
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VOLMtE II
CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Except where otherwise noted All units are metric exceptall figures are qoteod in noted otherwisemYPTIAN POUNDS (LE)
uS $ i LE.3922 1 Metri6 Ton - 1000 kilegrams (kg)L1E 1 a US $2.55 1 Metric Ton - 2p2O5 pouadsLE 1,000 - US $2,55o 1 Kilometer (km) 0.62 miles
1 Meter (a) ' 39.3 inches
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRON!MS
Arab Nad Arab Fund for Economic and Social Derelep motARE Arab Republic of EgyptCEGA Cairo Electricity aad Gas AdinistrationCSAD Central State Audit DepartastMO Egypt Cemet Office0031 General Organization for Buildiag Materials asd CermissGaaI General Organization for IndustrializationOFP General Organization for PetroleumTCC, the Company T.urah Portland Cment CmpanTPD (Metric) Toas Per DayTPY (Metric) Tons Per Tear
TCC FISCAL YEAR
July 1 - Jne 30 -- Prior to June 30, 1971Ju3 1 - Decber -- 1971 to 1972Janury 1 - December 31 -1973 onwards
EYPT
APPRAISAL OF THE TO1JRAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME II
ANNEXES
1 Technical Terms and Process Description
2-1 Public Sector Companies in Egypt2-2 Organization Chart of Tourah Cement Company2-3 Description of Existing Facilities2-4 Historical Income Statements2-5 Historical Balance Sheets
3 Market for Cement in Egypt
4-1 Raw Material Availability and Analysis4-2 Utilities and Infrastructure4-3 Detailed Project Description4-4 Plant Layout4-5 Flow Sheets4-6 Ecology4-7 Labor Force Projections and Training Requirements4-8 Project Implementation Schedule
5-1 Capital Cost Estimate5-2 Working Capital Requirements5-3 Bank Financed Items5-4 Disbursement Schedule
6-1 Revenue Projections6-2 Production and Operating Cost Projections6-3 Notes to Financial Projections6-4 Income Statement Projections (with Expansion)6-5 Source and Application of Funds Projections (with Expansion)6-6 Balance Sheet Projections (with Expansion)6-7 Income Statement Projections (without Expansion)6-8 Balance Sheet Projections (without Expansion)6-9 Break-Even Point Analysis6-10 Financial Rate of Return and Sensitivity Analysis
7-1 Economic Rate of Return and Sensitivity Analysis7-2 Risk Analysis7-3 Foreign Exchange Savings
MAPS
IBRD 11196 - Quarries and Transportation ArrangementsIBRD 11195 - Location of Existing and Future Cement Plants
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
TECHNICAL TERMS AND PROCESS DESCRIPTION
A. Technical Terms
Following is a list of the most common technical terms used in thecement industry:
CEMENT A hydraulic binding material in the form of an amorphouspowder consisting basically of tri- and bicalcium sili-cates, tricalcium aluminates and tetracalcium alumino-ferrites. Cement is produced by heating a mix of rawmaterials (limestone, clay and sand) which transformsinto cement clinker through incomplete fusion at atemperature of about 1450°C. Clinker is ground togetherwith small quantities of gypsum, which acts as aretarder, controlling the setting time of the resultingcement.
CEMENT TYPES The most common cement types are:
Ordinary Portland Cement used in ordinary concretestructures.
Rapid Hardening Cement used in structures requiringearly strength which is achieved by quick setting ofthe cement.
Sulphate Resisting Cement used in structures exposed tosea water or sulfurous materials.
Low Heat Cement used in structures of massive concreteblocks (e.g., dams) to avoid overheating during setting.
Superfine Cement used for special structures requiringhigh strengths and for prestressed concrete.
Portland Blast Furnace Cement prepared, in part, fromblast furnace slag and used in ordinary cement structures.
Oil Well Cement used in the construction of oil wells(for lining).
Mixed Cement used for masonry work (mortar) and smallconcrete structures.
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CLINKER Clinkering is the process of heating to produce incompletefusion in the material heated. Less than one-third ofthe material heated becomes fluid. The output of thisprocess is a rocky material called clinker. Cement-Clinker produced from limestone, clay and sand is groundwith small additions of gypsum.
COMBUSTION AIR Air which is used with the fuel to fire the kiln.
Primary Air, is the small amount of air injected intothe kiln together with fuel under high pressure.
Secondary Air, which constitutes the major part ofcombustion air, is provided by fans and is heated up toabout 800°C in the cooler prior to flowing into the kiln.
CONTROL A system to check and adjust the proportions and chemicalcompositions of materials in the production flow bytaking samples, analyzing them, and appropriately adjustingproportioning devices. In modern facilities this iscontinuous and automated. Sampling is achieved in by-passes, deviations from the main flow of materials.
COOLER Vessel in which the hot clinker leaving the kiln iscooled. The cooler is designed as heat exchanger heatingthe secondary combustion air. Three major types ofcoolers are in use:
Air Quenching Grate Cooler: a moving grate, slightlyinclined on which the clinker falls from the kiln to becooled by fans under the grate.
Planetary Cooler: this consists of 8 to 14 cylindricaltubes (incorporated into the shell of the kiln) intowhich the clinker to be cooled falls.
Rotary Cooler: (Internal Cooler) cylinder of sameconstruction as the rotary kiln and located under thefiring hood. It rotates on tires.
CRUSHING Raw materials are normally quarried in the form of largelumps and blocks and must be subjected to a reduction insize before being further processed into a slurry orraw meal which in turn is fed to the kiln. The reductionof raw materials from a maximum admissible size to anaggregate of a specified size is achieved in a crusher.Major known types are:
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Roll crusher: particularly suited for moist materialliable to cause clogging.
Jaw crusher: particularly suited for large size lumps.
Impact crusher: such as hammer crusher and hammer millideally suited for raw materials of cement manufactureif these are not too moist or too abrasive. This typeallows drying during the crushing process.
Gyratory crusher: suitable for hard materials whichare not too moist (liable to clogging).
DUST COLLECTION Dust pollution was traditionally a serious environmentalproblem posed by cement plants as dust is generated atnearly every stage of the production process, particularlyin the dry process technology. Furthermore, largequantities of emitted dust also represented lostproduction. Therefore the development of appropriatefilters has a long history in the production of cement.Common filter types are:
Bag filter: A series of chambers with bags of nylonor other material installed, which dedust the airstreamloaded with dust particles. A system of valves permitsreversal of the air stream in a particular chamber toclean the bag and collect the accumulated dust. Onlysuitable if temperatures of the airstream and particlesdo not exceed 1000 to 15000.
Cyclone: This consists of an upper cylindrical portionand a lower funnel shaped portion. The airstream entersthe cyclonic chamber tangentially at the upper portion.Through centrifugal force, dust particles strike thewall of the chamber and slide down to the dischargeopening of the funnel. The cleaned airstream leavesthe cyclone through a central outlet pipe. Cyclone'sefficiency can be enhanced by arranging several unitsin line (multicyclone batteries).
Gravel filter: A filter consisting of a series ofchambers filled with gravel. The dust-laden airstreamflows through the filter pockets thereby unloading thedust particles. Cleaning of the filter is by reversalof airstream and simultaneous stirring of the gravelbed. This filter is suitable for temperatures above500C and, therefore, often used for waste gases ofclinker cooler and kiln.
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Electrostatic filter: Electrostatic dust precipitationmakes use of the forces generated in electrically chargedbodies while the dust laden gas passes between twoelectrodes connected to high tension (30,000 to 80,000 V).The positive electrode collects the dust particles whichhave received a negative charge, thereby neutralizingthem. Dust must be removed from time to time from theelectrode. Optimum operation is achieved at temperaturesof 90* to 180°C and 15-30% moisture. Therefore, aspraying tower for cooling the gas and moistening theparticles is often employed with the electrostaticfilter.
GRINDING Raw Grinding: Reduction of raw material size to specifiedfineness by means of a mill.
Wet Process: The hard materials (limestone) are subjectedto preliminary crushing and soft materials (clay) arestirred with water to form a slurry. Then both materials,mixed in the correct proportions, are ground to fineslurry.
Dry Process: Crushed raw materials are dried and groundinto fine raw meal powder.
Cement Grinding: The preparation of cement powder fromclinker and gypsum by means of a mill. The fineness ofgrinding (Blaine value) has a significant influence onthe properties of the resulting cement.
Grindability of a material depends on its properties,such as structure, cleavability, brittleness and hardness.
HOMOGENIZATION The thorough and complete blending of various raw materialsto prepare a homogenous mixture. This can be achievedin storage silos in which the pre-homogenized mix isstirred and mixed by a blower (dry process). Wet processplants use slurry tanks with installed rotating arms toachieve homogenization. The tanks serve simultaneouslyas storage facilities.
KILN A vessel in which the raw meal is burnt to be chemicallytransformed into clinker (clinkering) at temperatures ofaround 1450C. A Shaft kiln typically with a throughputof between 50 and 250 metric tons per day, formerlyoperated on a discontinuous basis using the dry process.New developments, using pelletization techniques, operatecontinuously. A Rotary kiln, a large cylindrical steeltube inclined to the horizontal by 1 to 3 degrees, slowlyrevolves, supported by tires and rollers. It is suitable
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for wet as well as dry processes and is typically used inmodern large-scale plants with throughputs of 1,500 to4,000 metric tons per day.
MILL Grinding Mill: The facility in which material isground.
Raw Mill: Grinds raw materials. The types employed inmodern cement plants require prior crushing of rawmaterials. The most common type is the tube mill, ahorizontal cylindrical steel shell, equipped with liningand grinding media (e.g., cast steel balls - Ball mill)and which rotates at between 14 and 20 r.p.m. Thefree fall (tumbling) of the grinding media provides forthe impact by which the material is ground. Suitableboth for wet and dry processes.
Compound Tube Mills: (or combination mills, compartmentmills) have two or more compartments, separated byslotted diaphragms and filled with different types ofgrinding media, to achieve successively finer grinding.
Closed Circuit Mill with centrifugal separator andbucket elevators. The material ground in this tubemill is conveyed in a steady flow by a bucket elevator
to a separator, within which oversize particles arerejected by centrifugal action and returned to the mill-feed.
Air-swept Mill: Tube mill or ring mill, the output ofwhich is continuously assorted by an air separator.Oversize particles are returned to the millfeed.
Ring Mill: Grinding elements (balls or rollers) rollunder pressure on a circular path (the grinding ring).Variations of this type are spring pressure or spring-loaded mills, centrifugal ring ball mills, centrifugalsuspended roller mills, edge mills.
Cement Mill: (or Clinker Mill), a tube mill which refinesthe mix of clinker and gypsum to cement powder. Compoundmills with centrifugal separator are commonly in use.
Wash Mill: A concrete tank with installed rotating armsto break up and stir a soft raw material (clay). Theresulting slurry is screened to remove stones or otherimpurities prior to grinding. It is used in dry as wellas wet process plants.
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PREHEATING SYSTEM The heat exchange system to recover the caloric contentof the kiln exhaust gases with which to heat up the rawmeal.
Grate Preheater: the preheating system of the semi-dryprocess, consisting of a traveling grate which movesraw material pellets through a drying and a preheatingchamber.
Suspension Preheater: the preheating system of the dryprocess consisting of one to four stages of simple ortwin cyclones on top of each other. The lower cyclonesare used as heat exchangers, the top cyclones as dustcollectors.
PREHOMOGENIZATION,BLENDING PLANT Storage facility which at the same time is used for
prehomogenization (blending) of raw material. Locatedbetween the crusher and raw mill, it consists of twostorage areas in line, one of which being restoredwith the deposit of the other for the purpose of pre-homogenization.
QUARRY Raw material deposit being exploited for production.
RAW MEAL A homogeneous powder consisting of the ground raw mix.It is used to feed the kiln to produce clinker (usingthe dry process).
RAW SLURRY Kiln-feed for the wet process kiln.
SAMPLING Taking samples from the material during the process forthe purpose of control. In modern plants, this isachieved by a by-pass sampling flow from the mainflow at critical points for continuous control.
B. Process Description
I. The General Cement Production Process
1. Limestone, clay and sand are mined in their respective quarries.The raw materials with a maximum specified block size (blasting) are reducedto aggregates of pre-specified maximum dimensions in the crushing departmentand stored; pre-homogenization is achieved through intermediate storage.After proportioning according to weight and volume, the raw materials areground to a fine raw meal powder in the raw mill. The raw meal is homogenizedand then transported, via conveyors, to the kiln department. Within the kiln,heat induces a clinkering process, in which an incomplete fusion of the rawmeal takes place. This clinker is then ground together with a small percentageof gypsum to produce cement, which is shipped either in bulk or in bags.
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2. Basically, three types of processes have been developed; the wet,dry and semi-dry processes. These are described below:
II. The Wet Process
3. This process was developed with the rotary kilns as the firstcontinuous process for cement production. The raw materials, being wet inthe natural state, are mixed with water to create a slurry, whose titration(quantity ratio) can be controlled easily. By means of pumps and ducts theslurry is introduced into the kiln, where the clinkering takes place. Energyconsumption of the process is high (between 1350 to 2200 kcal/kg of clinker),since more than a liter of water must be vaporized within the kiln per kg ofclinker.
4. The main advantage of the process is its simplicity. As a result,operational control and maintenance are easy. However, for raw materialswith a natural humidity of below 10 to 15%, the dry or semi-dry processusually operates more economically because of lower energy consumption,even though investment costs for the wet process are normally lower thanfor the comparable dry process equipment. The recent increases in fuelprices have increased the upper limit of humidity for the dry process appli-cability to about 15%.
III. The Dry Process
5. This process leaves the raw material in its natural state ofhumidity up to the raw mill stage; within the raw mill the material isground and simultaneously dried to a specified limit. This dry raw mealpowder is homogenized mechanically or by means of blowers, then introducedat the top stage of a preheating system. Working as a heat exchanger, thesystem preheats the material by recovering the caloric value of the kilnexhaust gases whose flow is counter to that of the material (Counter flowsystem). Thus, part of the calcination takes place in the preheater, withthe final clinkerization taking place thereafter in the kiln. Within thecooler, the secondary air recovers heat from the clinker, thereby coolingit down.
6. The intricate thermic equilibrium stage in the raw mill - preheater- kiln - cooler section allows a total thermic consumption for the dryprocess plants of only between 750 and 950 kcal/kg of clinker. Nevertheless,the savings in fuel are, in part, outweighed by disadvantages such as amore complicated process flow, which is sometimes difficult to control andto maintain. Continuous and automated sampling for control is necessary.Investment costs are usually somewhat higher than for the wet process, despitethe use of a short kiln (about half the length of the wet process kiln).
7. The industry has developed several variations of the dry process,using long or short kilns and cyclonic preheaters of one to four stages withsimple or twin/type cyclones within the stages. The decision as to thetype of dry process to be selected is a function of:
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(i) the supplier (some of the variations are patented);
(ii) the chemical components of the raw materials and fuel(particularly their level of harmful alkalies and chlorides);
(iii) fuel economy; and
(iv) initial investment costs and operating costs, particularlycontrol and maintenance.
To illustrate the considerations involved in making a selection, threecharacteristic variations are described below:
(a) Short kiln with four stage suspension preheater
8. The most common variation uses a four stage suspension preheaterwith short kiln. The preheater consists of three stages of heat exchangercyclones and one stage of twin dedusting cyclones. Fuel economy (onlyaround 800 kcal/kg of clinker) makes this variation very competitive. How-ever, if high alkali and chloride levels prevail in the raw material and thefuel, their vaporization absorbs valuable heat and reduces the effectiveradiation of the flame. Within the preheater system the vapors, moving upwith the kiln exhaust gas, may condense around dust and could cause build-upand choking in the lower parts of the preheater, which would require frequentcleaning in such cases.
(b) Short kiln with preheating column
9. To overcome the problem of clogging as well as to reduce investmentcosts for the expensive preheater building, an alternative development usesa short kiln with a preheating column. This column, a self contained,vertical steel cylinder, acts as a heat exchanger and is therefore clad withspecial linings and compartments. Its efficiency is only slightly lowerthan the four stage suspension preheater, thermic consumption being about875 kcal/kg of clinker.
(c) Long kiln with two stage preheating system
10. This variation consists of a heat exchanger cyclone and twindedusting cyclones in the second stage, in combination with a long kiln.Although the use of the long kiln permits evacuation of the harmful alkalicomponents with the dust in the electrofilter, the system lacks efficiency indissociating the calcium carbonates in the preheater, as the kiln exhaustgases enter it at too low a temperature. The thermic consumption is about950 kcal/kg of clinker. The higher investment costs for the long kiln (whichis about twice as long as a comparable short kiln) are partly offset bylower costs for the preheater system.
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IV. The Semi-Dry Process
11. In this process the raw material is pelletized in a balling drumby means of between 12 to 20% of water. Tne wet pellets with a diameter ofabout 1.5 cm discharge from the drum directly into a hopper on the feed endof a traveling grate preheater. The grate conveys the pellets through adrying zone of about 300°C, then through a preheating zone of about 87500.Kiln exhaust gases flow partly via a bypass through the drying zone, partlydirectly through the preheating zone. After passing through the preheatingchamber, the hot pellets are stripped from the travelling grate and cascadeinto the short kiln where they are heated further to clinkerize at about 145000.The pelletized clinker is then cooled over a grate cooler.
12. The thermic consumption of this process is about 850 kcal/kg ofclinker, thus comparable to dry process figures. However, the process ismore expensive both in initial investment and operating costs, particularlycontrol and maintenance costs, as it contains many moving parts. Its suit-ability is confined to raw materials which lend themselves to pelletization.Its advantage lies in the stability of the process, the accuracy with whichit can be adjusted and controlled, and the removal of harmful alkalies andchlorides from the raw material in process. (This is achieved by collectingthe dust from the bypass in a cyclone dust collector.) The resulting cementhas, therefore, a lower alkali content than could have been achieved withdry process equipment.
V. Conclusions
13. After these discussions it is clear that the basic difference isbetween the wet process, on the one hand, and the dry and semi-dry processes,on the other. For raw materials with a natural humidity of above 15%, thefuel economy of the dry processes is generally offset, as these materialshave to be dried by substantial use of thermic energy. For a humiditybetween 5 and 15% a careful evaluation of the technical and economic feasi-bility of the various processes should lead to the right choice between wetor dry (or semi-dry) process. This evaluation should take into accountchemical and physical properties of the materials as well as investment andoperating costs of feasible wet and dry process equipment. For materialswith a humidity below 5%, the dry (or semi dry) process is economical andthe decision on the type of dry process mainly depends on the chemistry ofthe raw materials, the producer of equipment and, to a lesser extent, onfinancial comparison between the processes.
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust, 1974
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EGYPT
TOURAH CENENT EXPANSION PROJECT
PUBLIC SECTOR COMPANIES IN EGYPT
1. In 1956, following the Suez War, the Government nationalizedforeign-owned companies and in early 1960's it extended its nationalizationto most large and medium-scale companies. Since then these companies aresubject to a well-defined central planning system. One of the major objec-tives is to accelerate full-scale industrialization of key industries withparticular emphasis on economic independence; in part, import substitutionis one of the major goals.
2. Public sector companies operate under the general guidance andsupervision of the respective ministries. In the case of public sector com-panies of an industrial nature, this role is usually assumed by the Ministryof Industry. In order to assist the ministries to execute the Government'sgeneral policy and its follow-up in the sectors they supervise, in 1961, thePresidential Decree No. 1899 created the General Organizations for differentsub-sectors. The organizations are holding companies which undertake withinthe scope of their activity the participation in the development of thenational economy and assists the ministry in achieving the targets of the de-velopment plan. Management of public sector companies is controlled by threelevels of government bodies: Ministries, the General Organizations and themanagement of the Companies. Appendix I to this annex shows the hierarchicalstructure of control and the position of TCC. Further details are given below.
Ministry of Industry
3. The Ministry of Industry covers most segments of the industry widelyranging from textiles, paper, fertilizer, chemicals, leather, cement, bricks,glass, refractories, steel, automobiles, engineering goods, electrical goods,minerals, sugar and oil; over 120 companies belong to this Ministry. Thesecompanies are managed through seven "General Organizations" (Appendix I).They are for (1) Food, (2) Textiles, (3) Chemicals, (4) Building materials,(5) Engineering, (6) Metallurgical, and (7) Mining. In addition to theseseven General Organizations, there is the General Organization for Industrial-ization (GOFI), which is responsible for conceiving, fostering and coordinatingexpansion programs as well as establishing new plants in the industrial sector.Unlike other General Organizations, GOFI basically serves staff functions.
4. The Ministry of Industry is the highest authority over the publicsector companies under it; this ministry, in consultation with other relevantministries such as the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Finance, for-mulates the budget for public sector companies under it, decides sales pricesand policies of their products and provides directives in various areas of
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operation and management. This ministry also approves major projects in thesubsectors for which it is responsible and recommends them to the CentralPlanning Committee.
General Organization for Industrialization (GOFI)
5. As mentioned earlier, GOFI is one of the General Organizations underthe Ministry of Industry and its board is chaired by the Minister of Industries.GOFI also provides its services to other ministries. Generally, GOFI, in col-laboration with various companies and their General Organizations, identifiespossible projects, formulates project preparation and implementation programsand tries to secure financing. A formal feasibility study is then preparedby GOFI in consultation with the General Organization and the company concernedand it undertakes the responsibility to clear the proposed project throughthe Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Planning. The latter ministryaggregates the proposals into national plans for submission to the CentralPlanning Committee, a cabinet branch, which in turn after consideration submitsthe national plan for approval by the Parliament. In the case of TCC, sincethe project is primarily an expansion of the existing facilities, the role ofGOFI in the project preparation is rather limited, although the project isapproved by GOFI. The Tourah expansion project has gone through the abovementioned process and has been included in the approved National Plan.
6. GOFI also plays an important role in the project execution stage,since it is responsible for concluding all necessary foreign supply contractson behalf of the companies. GOFI is responsible for the preparation of tenderdocuments, inviting tenders from various suppliers, bid evaluation with theassistance of the company concerned, contract negotiation and signing of con-tracts. Once the contracts are signed, they are assigned to the company con-cerned which is the principal organization responsible for project implemen-tation. In cases where there are disputes between the company and the supplier,GOFI provides assistance in solving the disputes. When the project is of keynational importance, GOFI also monitors the progress of the project and actsas advisor for proper implementation.
General Organizations
7. The General Organization, which is a holding company for all enter-prises under it, is an executing agency of the Ministry concerned, for theexecution of the State's general policy and its subsequent follow-up. GeneralOrganizations are divided on a sectoral basis and each General Organizationis responsible for the performance of the sector it supervises. It deals withall matters of its sector as a whole and is thus involved in major facilityplanning decisions and supervision of company operations. General Organiza-tions are authorized, without interference with the executive affairs of thesubordinate company, (i) to lay the targets for production, exports, market-ing, investment, profitability and labor and to follow-up the company'sachievements of these targets; (ii) to lay general plans to develop new products,improve quality, increase efficiency and utilize facilities in a sound manner;
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(iii) to coordinate among the companies to increase sector efficiency and tosolve any disputes which may arise among subordinate companies; and (iv) toevaluate the functioning of the subordinate companies in accordance with theset standards and to recommend improvements wherever necessary.
8. General Organizations assist the subordinate companies in surmountingthe difficulties and problems of general nature which obstruct the achievementof their targets. They have experienced management experts, engineers, tech-nicians and other specialists to perform those services including research anddevelopment, which the individual companies belonging to them cannot be effi-ciently supported by themselves. Therefore, the General Organizations do playa significant role, though advisory in nature, in the project preparation andimplementation as well as plant operations of subordinate companies.
9. General Organizations, with the approval of the appropiate ministry,have the right to the following matters:
Wi) Ratification of the financial statements of subordinate companiesand distribution of their profits within the legal stipulations;
(ii) Modification of the statutes of subordinate companies;
(iii) Liquidating or dissolving of companies;
(iv) Increase or decrease of share capital of companies;
(v) Authorizing companies to utilize assets for purposes other thanthose originally planned for;
(vi) Establishing new companies, merging and consolidating of two ormore subordinate companies and dividing a company into two ormore companies;
(vii) Guaranteeing loans of subordinate companies; and
(viii) Borrowing from different agencies or issuing bonds, when sanc-tioned by the Council of Ministers.
10. In summary, each General Organization serves both line and staff func-tions. Under the line function, it oversees the implementation of Statepolicies and is responsible for subsequent follow-up to ensure that thesepolicies are properly carried out, thus serving as the connecting link betweenthe policy makers and the operating units, thus reducing somewhat the detailedcontrol that the ministries concerned have traditionally exercised over themember companies. This type of organizational structure also allows for moreefficient sector planning and development as well as economies in the alloca-tion of resources. Under the staff function, each General Organization worksclosely with GOFI and the company concerned in formulating, preparing and im-plementing major capital projects. Each General Organization is also respon-sible for solving problems related to its sector as a whole; and it providesgeneral staff support to its subsidiaries whenever required.
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11. The General Organization's capital consists of: (a) the State'sshare in the capital of the companies belonging to the Organization; and (b)the funds which the State appropriates to the Organizations. Each GeneralOrganization receives a portion of each subordinate company's profits whichis stipulated by the law for distribution (see Annex 2-4), as management fee.This fee is mostly used to meet its operating costs, which consist mainly ofwages and salaries and administrative costs. It also receives a major portionof each company's profits as dividends but it turns these funds over to theTreasury. The Government allocates funds to General Organizations for speci-fic purposes. The Organizations can also contract loans if required. Forits services and activities rendered to others, they receive funds from theseservices.
General Organization for Building Materials and Ceramics (GOBM)
12. GOBM is one of the General Organizations established in 1961. Itwas made a legal holding company in 1971 incorporating a group of manufactur-ing companies covering the following activities: the cement industry, pipeand asbestos cement products, the glass industry, the pottery and porcelainindustry, the ceramics and refractories industry, sand-lime bricks, gypsum andthe lime industry, marble and mineral products, and vinyl flooring products.There are 13 manufacturing companies under GOBM as shown below:
5. The Egyptian Company for Pipe 1931 Asbestos, cement pipesand Cement Products (SIEGWART) and sheets, concrete
lighting poles, concretesleepers and certainrubber products.
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Company Name Established in Main Products(year)
6. El Nasr Glass and Crystal Co. 1932 Various types of glasssheets, glassware, andpolyester chairs andtables.
7. The General Company for Ceramics 1955 Table ware, sanitaryand Porcelain Products articles and wall tiles.
8. El Nasr Company for the Production 1956 Refractory materials,of Refractories and Pottery ordinary building bricks,(Sornaga) pottery and ceramic prod-
ucts and lining brakes.
9. Egyptian Company for Refractories 1962 Refractory bricks, tubsfor laboratories, acid-resisting ceramic floor-ing, white plaster andporcelain electric in-sulators.
10. The Cairo Sand Brick Co. 1910 Various types of sandand clay bricks, lime,and marble products.
11. The General Company for 1957 Crushed blast stones,Mineral Wealth processed stone, processed
marble blocks, and marblefurniture.
12. The Egyptian Gypsum, Marble 1908 Different varieties ofand Quarries Co. industrial and ornamental
stones, feldspar, quartz,dolomite, glass sand, lime-stone, bentonite, etc.
13. Canaltex Company n.a. Vinyl flooring andItIsmalon" flooring.
n.a. = Not available.
13. Apart from the above mentioned production units, the Egyptian CementOffice (ECO) is also under GOBM. The Office is responsible for the marketingof different types of cements according to an established program. This Officealso distributes Egyptian cement in the local and foreign markets. Furtherdetails of ECO are given in Annex 3.
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14. GOBM supervises the activities of all the aforementioned companies,coordinates their activities and plans for their proper functioning. GOBM isalso responsible for the development of the sectors it supervises. The totalinvested capital of GOBM's subsidiary companies is LE 126.3 million (US$332.1million), and the aggregate value of their production during 1973 was LE 44.1million (US$112.5 million). Total exports in 1973 of all the affiliated com-panies of GOBM amounted to about LE 6 million (13.6% of their net sales) com-pared with the total imports of spare parts and raw materials of about LE 7.1million. The total number of employees under GOBM, including the employeesin its subordinate companies, is about 26,000. The following table summarizesthe consolidated data of GOBM for the five-year period, 1968/69-1973:
GOBM: Summary Data /1
1968/69 1969/70 1970/71 1971/72__ 1973
Number of Companies 10 12 13 13 13Number of Employees (1,000 persons) 18 21 23 24 26Total Capital Employed (LE million) 75.0 91.3 102.4 116.0 126.3Total Share Capital (LE million) 10.7 11.8 12.1 12.1 12.1Net Sales (LE million) 27.3 32.9 38.4 62.0 44.3Export Sales (LE million) 5.1 4.0 5.1 7.7 6.0Imports (Raw Materials and Spares)
(LE million) 4.5 5.2 7.3 10.3 7.1
/1 GOBM, like all other General Organizations, was made a legal holding com-pany only in 1971 and does not yet publish consolidated financial state-ments. It plans to begin consolidated accounting in the near future.
/2 The fiscal year before 1972 covered the period July 1-June 30. Beginningwith 1972, the fiscal year was changed to coincide with the calendar yearand, therefore, 1971/72 figures cover an 18-month period.
15. GOBM reports directly to the Ministry of Industry. Its Board ofDirectors consists of the Chairman, Eng. Ahmed Aly Shaker; the General Manager;the Chairmen of all 13 affiliated manufacturing companies; and the GeneralManager of ECO. The organizational chart given in Appendix I shows the maindepartments. The Organization is divided into three main divisions: (1)Technical and Economic Affairs; (2) Financial and Administrative Affairs; and(3) Development Center.
16. The Technical and Economic Affairs Division deals with the followingfunctions: (i) participation with affiliated companies in the preparation ofthe expansion of existing facilities as well as major replacement and renewalprojects; (ii) coordination between the companies and GOFI with respect to for-mulation and preparation of new projects; (iii) participation in the financial,economic and commercial matters of the companies' activities; (iv) reviewingand commenting on the decisions taken by the Boards of Directors of the affil-iated companies in accordance with the law; (v) assisting the companies insoiving their problems with the competent authorities, especially with theMinistry of Industry and GOFI; and (vi) preparation for general meeting ofGOBM.
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17. The Financial and Administrative Affairs Division deals mainly with:(i) participation with the affiliated companies in administrative matters,such as preparation of organizational charts for the companies, training sys-tems, public relations, advertisements, international affairs, etc.; (ii) par-ticipation in financial studies, improvements in the profitability of the com-panies, and arranging for financing when required; (iii) checking personnelaffairs, such as promotions, increments, transfers, incentive systems, etc.;and (iv) participation, in collaboration with the Technical and EconomicAffairs Division, in the preparation of the companies' planning budgets andthe financial accounts.
18. The Development Centre is primarily responsible for the developmentof the industry as a whole in which the affiliated companies' activities areconcentrated. This includes keeping pace with the most up-to-date technolo-gies available in the world to improve the technical base of the companies,introducing new processes and products, solving major technical problems ofaffiliated companies and controlling the quality of the products of the com-panies.
19. GOBM has competent and experienced management experts, engineers,and other specialists to provide general staff support to its subsidiarycompanies. The present Chairman of GOBM was the Chairman of the Tourah CementCompany (TCC) until 1973. In the case of the Tourah Cement Expansion Project,GOBM has played an important role in project preparation. It will also playa key role in project implementation, as advisor to TCC, and subsequent opera-tion of the plant. This organization is considered competent to perform suchfunctions.
Tourah Cement Company (TCC)
20. This is the oldest and largest cement company in the country. Thiswas established in 1927 as a private joint stock company (with Swiss andEgyptian private capital) with a share capital of LE 200,000, and startedproduction in 1929. In 1961 this company, along with other major companiesin Egypt, was nationalized. With various expansion programs, by 1967, theproduction capacity of this company was increased from the original 100,000TPY to 1.4 million TPY; due to aging of some of the old facilities, the pres-ent rated capacity of this plant is about 1.35 million TPY. The present sharecapital of the company is LE 2,230,608, which is wholly owned by GOBM and fullypaid in.
21. The Board of Directors of the Company, which meets once every month,consists of 9 members: the chairman, four senior officers and four labor re-presentatives of the Company. The five senior management members of the Com-pany are appointed by the President of the Republic and the four labor repre-sentatives are elected for a period of 3 years. Members are always eligiblefor re-election. The present chairman of the Company, Eng. Mohamed HaguibAbdel Hady, who has been with the Company for the last 20 years, was appointedin 1973 when the previous chairman was appointed chairman of GOBM. Almost all
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the senior management staff of the Company have been with the Company for morethan 10 years. The Company management is considered satisfactory and laborrelations appear to be good.
22. The Company is organized along functional lines (see Annex 2-2 fordetails). The management controls the day-to-day operation of the Company,within the constraints defined by the nationalization laws of 1961 and subse-quent legislation. As a profit center the Company is expected to survive onits own financially, but it has little or no direct control over the unitcosts or sources of its inputs. Selling prices are determined on a cost-plusbasis and are mutually agreed upon by all the companies in this subsector,the GOBM and the Ministry of Industry, usually at a margin of about 25% overcosts. The Company has only one customer--the Egyptian Cement Office whichis the agency responsible for procurement and distribution of cement insideand outside the country. Investment decisions and the flow of funds of theCompany are defined by law and illustrate the degree to which the Governmentparticipates directly in major decisions. The Company submits its budgetforecasts and year-end accounts to GOBM for supervision and auditing. TheCompany can utilize its depreciation reserves and 10-15% of its net profitat the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, but any proposal forexpansion must be cleared by GOBM, GOFI and ultimately by the Ministry ofIndustry and the Ministry of Planning.
Industrial Projects DepartmentSeptember 1974
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING FACILITIES
1. The plant of TCC is located near the town of Tourah-El-Asmant about15 km south of Cairo on the east bank of the river Nile and is about 25 m abovesea level. It is well connected by road transport (Highway Cairo-Helwan), railtransport (Railway Cairo-Helwan), and inland water transport (600 m from theNile's east bank). The plant, spread out on an area of about 25 ha, consistsof two sections, referred to as the "Old Plant" and the "New Plant" (see layoutas shown in Annex 4-4), which have respective nominal capacities of 1,650 TPDand 2,150 TPD of clinker. This is equivalent to a total production capacityof about 1.35 million TPY of finished cement under the current productionprogram. TCC has leased the areas west and south of the plant, where thelimestone, clay and sand quarries are located. (See Map IBRD 11196). TCCis currently in the process of establishing a lime factory close to the lime-stone quarry, which is planned to produce about 90,000 TPY of lime by 1978.TCC also owns a foundry, located at Maassarah, 3 km south of Tourah, whichproduces most of TCC's required iron castings including spare parts, grindingmedia, mill plates, etc. The existing principal facilities of the TCC plantare as follows:
A. Quarries and Raw Material Transport
Limestone
2. Details of the limestone deposit of TCC are given in Annex 4-1. Thequarry contains a workshop for the equipment used to exploit the deposit, suchas drills, shovels, loaders, bulldozers and lorries. Some of the equipment,particularly the drilling equipment, is very old and no longer suited to therough and dusty quarry conditions. The project will provide replacement forsome of the existing equipment. The quarry contains two crushers (combinednominal capactiy of 450 TPD) to reduce the size of the quarried material. Oneof these machines (200 t/h capacity from 1956) needs replacement as it can nolonger be operated without maintenance problems. The project will provide anew crusher of 500 t/h capacity to replace the existing machine and to providefor the expansion. The crushed material is transported by an existing beltconveyor system (nominal capacity 500 t/h, installed in 1967) to an intermediatestockpile of 30,000 t and from there to the plant. The stockpile extractionsystem (vibrating feeders) is currently unable to draw more than 10,000 t fromthe stockpile as it was calculated under a wrong reposing angle assumption(70° instead of 45°). The project will provide a rectification of this problem.
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Clay
3. Details of the clay deposit are contained in Annex 4-1. The clayis currently trucked to the plant, after having been extracted by shovels.A project is underway to transport the clay from a new clay crusher withinthe quarry via the conveyor belt system to the plant. This project has beendelayed by several months because of problems with some foundations in diffi-cult soil conditions (clay). The system is, however, scheduled to be inoperation by the end of 1974.
Sand
4. A sand quarry is located between the clay quarry and plant. Thesand is quarried by loaders and trucked to the plant.
Gypsum
5. A gypsum quarry is operated about 20 km from the plant site; thematerial, a thin overburden, is quarried by loaders and hauled to the plantby dump trucks.
B. The Plant
General
6. Construction of the first facilities of the factory started in 1927with production start-up in 1929. Since then, many alterations, additions andmodifications have been made. Table 1 of this Annex shows existing equipmentand their characteristics as well as modifications and expansions under theProject.
Raw Meal Preparation
7. Both existing "old" and "new" plants use the wet process. They arefed by the same slurry prepared in two washmills (clay only, 100 t/h each)stored in four clay slurry basins (1,000 m3 each) and then ground in five rawmills (total capacity 335 t/h) together with limestone, to form a white slurry.The white slurry is stored and homogenized in two slurry basins with a totalcapacity of 7,000 m3. From here it is either fed to the old or the new plant.
Old Plant
8. The old plant contains four kilns ranging from 300 to 600 TPD ofclinker capacity and with a total capacity of 1,650 TPD of clinker. Two startedoperation in 1929, one in 1935, and another in 1948. All kilns have been main-tained very well and operate at high efficiency. Kilns I and II are currentlybeing equipped with electrostatic filters, whereas existing electrostatic filtersof Kilns II and IV are being modernized by the Polish Foreign Trade Company for
Electrical Equipment Ltd. in cooperation withi Walter & Cie of tile FederalRepublic of Germany. These undertakings will reduce dust pollution at Tourahconsiderably and will increase production of these kilns by reintroduction ofthe retained dust. The clinker produced at the old plant can directly be fedinto one of the four cement mills or into the clinker storage vard (35,f0J0tons) of the old plant.
9. The cement mill department contains four tube mills (3 compartments,open circuit for eacih) ranging from 12 to 40 t/h throughput capacity with atotal capacity of 69 t/h. Two small and old mills (12 t/h, 1932; 15 t/h, 1936)are to be replaced under the expansion program by one mill of 40 t/h. Theother two are in good condition and are presently being equipped witht electro-static filters. The clinker is ground together witlh gypsum and sometimes withsand or slag (for mixed cement). These raw materials are stored in the appro-priate storage yards of the old plant. Gypsum is crushed by a crusher of 15t/h capacity prior to being fed to the mills.
10. The cement produced in the mill departmaent of the old plant is storecin a battery of 28 silos with a capacity of 315 tons each, or in one large cy-lindrical silo of 13,000 tons which gives the old plant a total storage capa-city of about 22,000 tons of finished cemenit. The old plant comprises apacking plant with four packing machines (total capacity, 255 t/h). Bags canbe loaded onto trucks or railcars via portable belt conveyors. The projectwill provide additional storing and packing facilities on the Nile (Nile di-spatch) to take care of increased output of mixed cement from the new cementmil .
New Plant
11. The production in the new plant is based on two kilns, one from 1956with a nominal capacity of 750 TPD, and the other one from 1967 with a nominalcapacity of 1,400 TPD of clinker output. The latter was originally designedfor 1,600 TPD but created substantial difficulties and problems when startedup. A rnaiii reason is the air quenching cooler which was apparently under-designed. (All other kilns at TCC have planetary coolers or internal coolersof sufficient capacity). The supplier (Five Lille Cail) finally reduced theprice of the installation and the new nominal capacity was agreed upon. Apossible future conversion of this kiln to the dry process tecinology couldimprove its output substantially, as a new cooler would be required anyway.This kiln also has problems with its installed electrostatic precipitator.The project envisages modifying or replacing this filter to bring the dustcontrol for the kiln back to acceptable standards.
12. Clinker transport (Drag chain system, 165 t/h) and gypsum crusher(25 t/h, frovq 1956) in the new plant both need substantial miaintenance andrepair. The project will replace both with new equipment adequate forrequirements of existing plant and expansion.
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13. Cement is ground in four ball mills of 40 t/h throughput capacityeach, which were installed in 1956, 1962 and 1967 (2) respectively. One hastwo compartments and closed circuit, the other three have three compartmentseach and open circuit. All are equipped with electrostatic filters.
14. Finished cement is stored in one of five cylindrical concrete siloswith a total capacity of 20,500 t and packed into bags by one of five rotarypacking machines with a total capacity of 440 t/h. Bags are loaded onto trucksvia portable belt conveyors. A small bulk loading facility is provided. Theproject will increase these loading facilities according to increased output.
C. 1Iiscellaneous Departments and Project's Power Supply
15. One-third of the Company's present power consumption (120 millionkWh) is provided by a power station within the plant, operating five boilerswith steam power generators of a capacity of 11,800 kW, and five gas generatorsdriving gas turbines with a capacity of 3,000 kW. The remainder of the powerrequirements is drawn from the Cairo grid. Although the power plant runsproblem-free, it requires a Iiigh amount of maintenance expenses. Thus, thegenerated power is more expensive than the purchased power. TCC will, there-fore, in the context of the project, install a substation of 30 MVA capacityto draw adequate power from the grid. Nevertheless, the substation will bekept operational as a standby unit in case of a failure in the public grid.
Production of Paper Sacks
16. TCC operates a modern plant producing paper sacks required for thebagging of cement. It also sells paper sacks to other cement companies, tolime factories and fertilizer plants. Annual output of the plant is 32 mil-lion bags.
Foundry
17. TCC operates a foundry 3 klm soutn of Tourah, which produces castingsfor spare parts, grinding media, mill plates and other items, whlich the plantrequires for operation. The foundry also sells castings to other customerslocally. The project includes some equipment for the modernization of thefoundry.
Workshops
18. TCC mechanical and electrical workshops are well run. They providemaintenance and repair for the whole plant, and assist in the erection andinstallation of new projects. The expansion project includes substantialequipm,ent for the modernization and expansioni of these workshops.
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Lime Plant
19. TCC currently is executing a project for the installation of a newlime plant. The plant is located in the limestone quarry and is to be con-structed in two phases. Phase I will provide production capacity of 20,000TPY of quick lime and is scheduled to start operations in early 1975. PhaseII will add another 70,000 TPY capacity of quick lime and is scheduled tostart production in 1976. The project execution was hampered earlier thisyear due to delays in delivery of the Polish equipment. The start-up datesare already revised to take these delays into account.
Training
20. TCC operates a new training center, which not only trains TCC staffbut also staff from other cement factories in Egypt and other Arab countries.The training offered in this center is described in more detail in Annex 4-7.
Consultants' Services
21. TCC staff of the Research and Industrial Organization Departmentprovide consultants' services for cement and lime plant projects within theArab world. At present TCC staff act as consultants for the erection andstart-up of a cement factory in Homs, Arab Republic of Libya. This factoryis designed to produce 300,000 TPY of cement and will operate on the dryprocess (four-stage suspension preheater type).
Miscellaneous
22. TCC operates various services departments, such as a staff canteen,staff residences and recreational facilities, an ice factory, a water-treatmentplant, a well-equipped fire fighting department, and a security department.
Industrial Projects DepartmentSeptember 1974
AODNOX 2-3
Table S
TISOdAH C1411T? EXPddbd PROJECT
Soe-dfitocttaof E-ntl,, and Scooted M.a K.,hai-eey c-t Stora.ge F-acitte-
meat ta~~~~r cad Nam of Yea ad Capacity crte
Dri'liog rigs (2 do-to Die-l0.e S/326 deep
Srilliao rig (1) dales Copo drot 0 0>..2/ PilidIr rtgs S - opese d l Pat aterde
Di-1 2.3~nc 23e
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Distribution of Profits-4/Reserves 25% 158 178 358 258
Others 12 13 139 -
Surplus To:Workers 106 120 214 177
GOBM (share) 320 360 642 529
GOMB (supervision) 35 41 77 66
lj Fiscal year ended June 30 through 1971. Changed to December 31 from 1972 onward.2/ For 18 months ended December 31, 1972. All prior years ended on June 30.
3/ Net sales of cement products net of inventory changes.4/ Includes sales of cement bags, revenue from foundry and workshop operations and
revenue from services rendered.5/ Cost of direct materials, utilities and supplies for production.6/ Direct labor cost including social taxes.7/ Maintenance materials and labor.
8/ Administrative costs including wages and salaries of administrative personnel.
l/ This includes depreciation of items which have no book value. According to law
50% of normal depreciation of these items is applied and this is charged to reserves
in the Balance Sheet.10/ This includes expenses such as estate taxes, donations, rents, capital loans, etc.
11/ Revenue from Bonds, interest on credits and sundry revenues.12/ Interest charges on bank overdrafts and foreign credits.
13/ 37.2% of taxable profit. No tax is levied on the amount distributed to workers and
GOBM.14/ Details of distribution of Profit are given in page 2 of this Annex.
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
ALLOCATION OF PROFITS
In ARE companies in which Government is a shareholder much distributetheir profits according to a formula prescribed by the law. The formuladescribed below applies to both companies in which the Government is thesole shareholder (such as Tourah Cement Company) and to companies with mixedpublic/private ownership. The actual distribution of profit of Tourah CementCompany for the past four years is given below.
Distribution of Profit~s(in 000 LE)
1969/70 1970/71 1971/72 1973(18 months)
A. Net Profit after taxes (A) 631.1 712.3 1429.8 1030.2
B. To Company's Equity Account:1. Statutory Reserves /A (5% of A) 31.6 35.6 71.5 51.52. Reserve for Purchase of Government
Bonds L2 (5% of A) 31.6 35.6 71.5 51.53. Reserve for increase replacement
cost of fixed assets - (5% of A) 31.5 35.6 71.5 51.54. Reserve for Consolidation / (10% of A) 63.1 71.2 143.0 103.15. Other Reserves L5 11.9 12.9 139.9 0.7
Total Retained by the Company (B) 169.7 190.9 497.3 258.3
C. Surplus for Distribution (C)=(A)-(B) 461.4 521.4 932.5 771.9
D. First Distribution (5% of share capital)(D) 111.5 111.5 167.3 111.5
E. Balance (E)<(C)-(D) 349.9 409.9 765.2 660.4
F. Payments to GOBM for its service(10% of E) 35.0 41.0 76.5 66.o
G. Total Available for distribution toemployees and GOBM (G) =(D)+(E)-(F) 426.4 480.4 856.0 705.9
H. Workers Share (25% of G) 106.6 120.1 214.0 176.51. For direct cash bonus (10% of G) /6 42.6 48.1 85.6 70.6
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Distribution of Profits(in 000 LE)(Continued)
1969/70 1970/71 1971/72 1973(1l months)
2. For internal social service 21.3 24.0 42.8 35.33. For central social services 2.
(10% of G) 42.7 48.0 85.6 70.6
J. GOBM's share (75% of G) /8 319.8 360.3 642.0 529.4
/1 This reserve could be used for investments with approval of Government.7i This reserve is invested in Government Bonds which pay an interest rate of
4-1/2% per annim. The interest on this bond is taxable./ This reserve is primarily for replacement investment._1 When the liquidity of the company is strained, i.e. when current liabilities
are in excess of current assets, the company is allowed to retain 10% ofprofits as resources to strengthen working capital.
/ This includes profits from sales of assets as well as depreciation chargesof assets which have no book value (see footnote 9 of Annex 2-3, page 1).
/6 The maximum cash bonus that any one employee can receive is LE 50. Ifthe allocation to any one comparn's employees is not fully utilized, theexcess is paid to G0&BM for redistribution to other companies' employeesunder 500M. The Minister of Industry decides which companies' employeeswill receive supplements from the total accumulated surplus, based onspecific recommendations of GORM.
/7 These allocations are paid by the Company directly to the Central Bank.7' Paid to GOBM which in turn pays the Treasury.
Industrial Projects DepartmentJuls 1974
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEnENT EXPANSION PROJECT
IIISTORICAL BALANCE SHEETI/(in 000 LE)
June 30 June 30 Dec. 31?/ Dec. 311970 1971 1972 1973
ASSETS
Current AssetsCash and Banks 12 6 6 19Receivables 258 777 269 334Inventory 2 881 3,028 2.998 3 424
Current Ratio 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6Debt/Equity Ratio 5:95 1:99 1:99 L:96
1/ Fiscal year ended June 3C through 1971. Changed to Decenber 31 from 1972 onward.2/ For 18 months ended Deceriber 31, 1972. All prior years ended on June 30.3/ Includes advance paymunts made to GOPM.:/ Operating Assets only./ This does not include the depreciation charges of assets which have no book value
(see footnote 9 of Anrnx -- 4, .- y6/ This im ludes the lime plants under construction as well as some conveyor systems
which have not been put into operation.7/ Includes investments in Government Bonds and local securities as well as deposits
with Central Bank.8/ This includes not only accounts payable, but also tax and dividends payable.9/ This is mostly Bank overdrafts.TO/ This includes currert position of long term debt.TT/ This is primarily tax provisions and debts under dispute.T7/ This amount represents the amount of equity contributed by the Government for
capital projects.13/ This includes all reserves retained by the Company. For details see Annex 2-4,
page 20
Industrial Projects DepartmentJuly 1974
ANNEX 3Page 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
MARKET FOR CEMENT IN EGYPT
A. THE SUPPLY OF CEMENT IN EGYPT
Development of the Cement Industry
1. The development history of cement producing capacity and actualcement production is shown in Table 1. The manufacture of cement in Egyptstarted at the beginning of the century with two vertical shaft kilns havinga total capacity of 100,000 tons per annum. Production from these unitscontinued until 1929, when the kilns were superseded by the introduction ofmodern wet process rctary kilns. At present there are four major cementcompanies in Egypt. The Tourah Cement Company was established in 1927 bySwiss and Egyptian investors and was the first company to introduce modernwet process manufacture into Egypt. Production started in 1929 with a rotarykiln unit of 160,000 tons rated capacity, and since that time four successiveextensions have increased capacity to 1,400,000 tons per year in 1967 (sincereduced by re-rating as explained below). No further extensions have sincebeen carried out.
2. The Helwan Portland Cement Company was established in 1929 in thesame area as Tourah and production of cement started in 1930 with a yearlycapacity of 100,000 tons. Major extensions since its establishment haveincreased the installed capacity of the factory to its present 1,400,000tons per year. In 1967 the Helwan Company installed a unit with an annualcapacity of 40,000 tons/year for the production of white cement only, inresponse to market demand.
3. In 1948 the Alexandria Portland Cement Company was formed andstarted production in 1950 with a 120,000 tons per year unit. The output ofthis factory was enlarged in 1963 when a new kiln of 190,000 tons per yearrated capacity was installed. In 1966 a third kiln was erected increasingthe total installed cepacity to 500,000 tons yearly.
4. The National Cement Company was established in 1956 for specializingin the production of blast furnace cement. For this reason the factory wassited near the iron and steel mills at Helwan. The company started producingblast furnace slag cement in 1960 with two rotary kilns having a yearlycapacity totalling 360,000 tons per year. A third kiln was erected and putinto operation in 1969 bringing the total capacity of the plan to 700,000tons yearly.
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5. The total installed capacity of the four factories described aboveis, theoretically, 4,000,000 tons per annum of cement. However, some of theequipment in the Tourah and Helwan factories is now over 40 years old, andit became necessary to re-rate the capacities of these factories. The presentrated capacity is 1,350,000 tons per annum for the Tourah factory and 1,300,000for the Helwan factory. The resulting revised industry capacity is thus 3.85million tons per annum.
6. The entire production of Egyptian cement is carried out by thefour factories described above, and all employ the wet process for productionof cement clinker. Production has increased from 2,300,000 tons in 1960 tomore than 3,800,000 tons in 1972. Difficulties in maintaining production atthis level began to be experienced by the two older companies, Tourah andHelwan during the following year, particularly by the Helwan factory. Asstated above some of the old kilns were badly in need of reconditioning,and their condition became worse because of the difficulty in obtaining spareparts, which could not be imported owing to the scarcity of foreign currency.As a result of this situation, plant shut downs became more frequent andproduction suffered accordingly.
7. Both the Tourah Cement and the Helwan Cement Company have factoriesfor making paper sacks from imported Kraft paper. These factories manufactureenough paper sacks to supply the whole cement industry. During the latterhalf of 1972 the world shortage of Kraft paper began to make itself felt inEgypt. Importation of bulk Kraft paper and paper sacks fell which causedthe cement factories to reduce their output of bagged cement. Rising stocksof bulk cement and clinker soon absorbed the limited storage capacity. Thisresulted in a decrease in production of approximately 200,000 tons of cementduring 1973, and for 1974 it is estimated that production may be down to only90% of capacity. The following table illustrates the decrease in utilizationof rated capacities over the last three years as a result of the shortages ofbags, storage space, and spare parts, all exacerbated by the age of some ofthe equipment.
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Capacity and Actual Production 1970-1973(000 tons)
Jul '71 - De '721970/71 18 months 1 1973
Present Actual % Utili- Actual % Utili- Actual Z Utili-Rated Pro- zation of Pro- zation of Pro- zation of
Company Capacity duction Capacity duction Capacity duction Capacity
/1 In 1972 the cement companies changed their financial year from July1st - June 30th to January 1st - December 31st.
Types of Cement Manufactured
8. The four cement companies produce eight different types of cementto satisfy the requirements of the building and construction industry. Tourahand Helwan each produce a range of seven types; the National Plant only pro-duces blast furnace cement and the Alexandria plant only produces ordinary andmixed portland cement, rapid-hardening cement and blast furnace cement.Approximately 50% of cement produced is ordinary portland, though the im-portance of mixed Karnak and blast furnace cement, which now accounts foralmost 40% of production, has increased in recent years.
New Supply Facilities Planned
9. In the light of the Government's priorities for restoring fullutilization of existing industrial capacity with imported inputs, rebuildingthe infrastructure, rehabilitating and developing the Suez Canal area, andprogressing with new investments for industry, tourism and other sectors, thedevelopment of the cement industry, which produces one of the basic materialsfor implementing these plans, has become of primary importance. Consequentlythe General Organization for Building Materials and Ceramics (GOBM), theagency responsible for the cement industry in Egypt, has initiated a compre-hensive program of extensions to existing cement factories and the constructionof new factories. This program is intended to double the supply of cementby 1981. The three extensions and four new factories planned are listed below.
1. National Cement Company Extension
10. This extension to the existing factory is designed to produce anadditional 650,000 tons of Portland cement clinker per year. The new exten-sion will take up the additional quantities of slag produced by the expansion
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of the nearby iron and steel mills and will produce 850,000 tons per yearof blast furnace cement (65% clinker, 35% blast furnace slag). The contractfor this project was signed in early 1974 and erection of the plant is ex-pected to start in mid-1975. Commencement of production is planned for theend of 1976. Financing of the project is planned to be partly through USSRcredits.
2. Alexandria Cement Company Extension
11. Raw material analysis for this project has been completed and theresults are reported to be satisfactory. Yugoslavia will supply extendedcredit facilities; the contract was signed in mid-1974. Planned productioncapacity for the new extension is 300,000 tons yearly and the plant is ex-pected to come on-stream in early 1977.
3. Tourah Cement Company Extension
12. The project being considered for Bank financing is designed toincrease the nominal capacity of the factory by 700,000 1/ tons of normalportland cement yearly, utilizing the dry process with gas suspension pre-heaters. Full details are contained in Annex 4-3. The new extension isexpected to be on-stream by the end of 1977.
4. Cairo New Plant (at Tourah)
13. Although located almost alongside the existing Tourah cement factorythis project will be an entirely separate development and will take the formof a joint venture private company. The basic problem to be solved is thefinancial arrangement between Kuwaiti investors and GOBM, between whom recentdiscussions have been held. The GOBM recommendation is for 40% non-Egyptian(private Kuwaiti) participation, 40% GOBM and 20% private Egyptian. Theseconditions are still under review, but GOBl is optimistic that the programwill be carried out. Meanwhile some raw material analysis has been done butthe final tests have not yet been completed. Presumably, as the raw materialdeposits are in the same area as those of the Tourah Cement Company, thesetests will eventually prove to be satisfactory. Raw material availabilitymay be a problem, however. The new factory is designed to produce 1,000,000tons of portland cement which, together with the 700,000 tons yearly to beproduced by the new Tourah extension, will require about 2,900,000 tonsyearly of raw materials to be extracted from the deposits. While the lime-stone deposits are known to be very extensive, there is a scarcity of infor-mation about the clay deposit reserves, and these should be proved beforeany further new project in this area is contemplated. If the financialarrangements at present under discussion are concluded satisfactorily thecontract is expected to be signed by the end of 1975 and the new plant shouldcome into operation in mid-1978.
1/ Under given product mix of cement types, this capacity will yield720,000 tons of cement per year.
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5. Suez New Plant
14. This project is still in the early stages of preparation, but GOBMfeels that its implementation program is realistic. Most of the limestonetests in the nearby deposits have been satisfactory, but some problems havebeen encountered with testing clay deposits. One difficulty has been thedelay in obtaining suitable samples due to the recent withdrawal of themilitary forces and the problem of disposing of the many unexploded minesremaining in the area. Detailed analysis of the clay has, therefore, notyet been undertaken. This plant would also be a joint venture company withEgyptian and non-Egyptian participation. Discussions are at present beingheld with financial organizations in Europe, but details of the discussionshave not yet been disclosed. It is understood that the shareholding of thenew company would be 40% non-Egyptian, 40% GOBM, and 20% private Egyptian.Nominal capacity will be 1,000,000 tons of cement per year, and if the fi-nancial arrangements are concluded satisfactorily, it is possible that thecontract will be signed at the beginning of 1977 and production will startin mid-1979.
6. Alexandria New Plant
15. This project will also be a joint venture company but details ofthe organization have not yet been revealed. Raw material analysis has beencarried out by Polysius A.G. and found to be satisfactory. The extension isdesigned to increase the nominal capacity of the factory by 500,000 tonsyearly and is expected to come on-stream towards the end of 1980.
7. Assiut New Plant
16. The original plan for this project included financing with USSRcapital, but it appears that some difficulty has been experienced in thesupply of Russian credit. The general feeling in GOBM was that the projectwould be unlikely to go through, but in any case it would not be likely tocome on-stream before 1981.
Total Supply of Cement in the Future
17. The planned production build up is given in Table 2, which showscapacity increasing from 3.85 million tons in 1976 to 8.37 million tons by1983. This is based on the assumption that the capacity of existingfactories will drop to about 3,500,000 tons by 1980, due to the scrappingof some production units. The reasons for this are increasing antiquityof some of the units and their small and uneconomical size resultingin high operating and maintenance costs per ton. Meanwhile, until the newplants come into operation, the old machinery is being kept in operationto decrease the supply/demand gap.
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18. This projection, however, ignores the possibility of delays inimplementation of some of the proposed projects. Raw material tests forsome have not yet been started and the availability of raw materials, pro-blems associated with their transport and the outcome of the proposed dis-tribution study could result in the scaling down of some of the plants.Also, a shortage of funds could postpone or cancel some projects. The pro-duction capacity build up planned by Egyptian authorities is certainly anambitious program which could well prove over-optimistic. Further analysisof likely future supply will be included in the market and distributionstudy which it has been agreed will be carried out by consultants, workingwith the Institute of National Planning and the ECO (see para. 62).
B. DOMESTIC CEMENT CONSUMPTION AND DEMIAND
1. Historic Consumption
Cement Sales
19. The sales of all cement produced in Egypt are managed by theEgyptian Cement Office in Cairo, as described in the section of this Annexon Distribution and Sales. The history of domestic sales for the 10 yearsto 1973 is shown below:
20. Most of the cement is sold directly to the end-user, but a pro-portion is sold through dealers, of whom there are thousands throughout thecountry. The broad breakdown of sales has been as follows:
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Proportion of Cement Sales to Dealers and End-Users
/1 This ratio is artificially high, particularly from 1967/68 on asconstruction expenditure includes a proportion of current expenditure,most of which was for defense purposes, and some for maintenance.
23. Although cement consumption is more directly related to construc-tion expenditure than to fixed capital investment, some comparison of Egypt'scement consumption/investment ratio with other countries is interesting.There can be considerable variation in this ratio due to differing invest-ment mixes (i.e., construction vs. other investments), different constructionmixes by sector, different design and construction methods, different labor/material cost relationships, and so on. Nevertheless, it can be seen fromthe data below that a number of developing countries in the same region havea ratio similar to that of Egypt. It should be noted that these data arealso subject to error due to statistical inaccuracies, especially as apparentcement consumption figures are used (production plus imports less exports).
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Fixed Capital Investment and Cement Consumptionfor Selected Countries, 1971-1972 /1
ApparentCement
Country Investment /2 Consumption /3 Consumption/Investment(US$ Million) (000 tons) (Tons per $1,000)
/1 Data are for 1971 for some countries and 1972 for others./2 From World Bank country economic reports./3 From Cembureau Statistical Review, 1973.
Investment, Construction and Direct Cement Consumption by Sector
24. The historic consumption data shown in Tables 3 and 4 is dis-torted by the impact of defense expenditure on "Other Services" and theconcomitant depressant impact on other sectors, particularly housing. Fewof the years in the last decade could be called "typical," especially inview of the mix of expenditure and consumption likely to take place in thenext decade. The data does serve to indicate the differences betweensectors, as well as the wide range of investments attributable to construc-tion in any one year, even within the same sector.
25. Under "normal" circumstances, housing and industry are the largestcement consuming sectors. It is difficult to make international comparisonsof sectoral consumption rates due to the paucity of comparable data. Suchcomparisons would be difficult in any case, due to differences in designs,costs and practices as well as differing statistical bases, but the data onhousing construction vs. cement consumption in the table below indicateEgyptian cement consumption per dwelling ratios which seem reasonable inview of the ratios published I/ for various European countries as follows:
/1 Statistical Abstract of ARE; Central Agency for Public Mobilizationand Statistics.
/2 Ministry of Planning, ARE./3 Statistics are possibly distorted in this period due to defense
reallocations.
2. Future Demand Projections
26. For most of the last six years, the Egyptian economic situation hasbeen difficult, with defense expenditures at a high level and investmentstagnating. The result has been continuing deterioration in much of thenation's infrastructure and deferment of many projects in industry, agri-culture, tourism and other sectors.
27. Egypt is presently confronting a new era in its economic develop-ment. The prospects of a continuing peace present an opportunity to trans-fer resources from military to civilian uses. The government is nowevolving a new development strategy envisaging expansion of the private sectorand the encouragement of private foreign investment, as well as giving priorityto improving the utilization of industrial capacity. Included in this are thecompleting of ongoing projects and advancing new projects to expand output inagriculture, industry, tourism, etc., rebuilding infrastructure, rehabilitatingrun-down and obsolete equipment and reconstructing and developing the Suezregion.
28. Preliminary Development Plans for the next decade are currentlybeing revised and estimates now available for development programs and growtheven for the next two years are far from definite. Prospects beyond thisare speculative and depend on many factors, the most vital of which is theavailability of investment capital and particularly foreign exchange. TheBank economic mission to Egypt in May 1974 has estimated that GDP could growat 6-1/2% per annum for 1974 to 1980, and at a higher rate in some interveningyears. Average investment growth is projected at 14% annually over the sameperiod.
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29. Such a rate of development indicates strong growth in the construc-tion sector, which, in a now out-dated government projection, was expected togrow at an average rate of 9% from 1974 to 1982. Present indications arethat this rate may well be exceeded.
30. In February 1974, the Egyptian Institute of National Planning (INP)published an Economic Study of the Egyptian Cement Industry, which containedprojections by sector of investment, construction expenditure and cementconsumption to 1992. Particularly ambitious targets were indicated, especiallyfor industrial investment and for reconstruction and development of the Suezregion. Some modifications have been made to these projections, in light ofthe findings of the economic mission and the recent industrial sector and urbandevelopment missions to Egypt. The summarized results for cement consumptionare set out in Table 5.
31. In view of the highly tentative nature of investment plans and ofthe likely supply/demand situation, it has been agreed that a comprehensivemarket and distribution study should be carried out for cement which should becompleted in 1976 (see para 62). In the absence of the specific informationthat this will be able to provide, the general thrust of development is expectedto be along the following lines:
(a) Agriculture, irrigation and drainage. Agriculture will remainthe most important sector and mav grow at up to 3-1/2% per annumover the next decade. Based on the INP program, cement consump-tion should increase to 600,000 tons, excluding plans for Sinaior other reclamation schemes.
(b) Industry and petroleum. Notwithstanding a recent decline inoutput, industry will play a critical role in development,particularly through expansion of the private sector, both foreignand domestic. Assuming an average investment growth rate of12.7%, industrial value added could grow by an annual 10% to1980 at the same time as exports would increase by 5% perannum. Cement consumption in this sector is expected to reach1.68 million tons by 1984.
(c) Housing. Plans call for gradual easing of the existing backlog,particularly by construction of low income units. Even thoughlarge-scale construction might be delayed, the sector shouldconsume 1.45 million tons of cement in 1981 and 1.88 million tonsannually by 1984.
(d) Public Utilities. Less than 20% of Egyptian towns have sewagefacilites and 3 million people have no access to fresh water.To alleviate this, it is possible that up to LE 4 million annuallywill be spent on programs which will be substantial consumers ofcement.
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(e) Other. Substantial infrastructural investments are expected inrailways, an expansion of which has recently been assisted bythe Bank, power, both conventional and nuclear, and telecommuni-cations.
32. In addition, a new Ministry of Reconstruction has been establishedto coordinate reconstruction of the war-damaged areas of Suez, Port Said andIsmailia and to develop the Sinai peninsula, the north-west coast, the westerndesert and social infrastructure in Cairo and Alexandria. The need for suchinvestment is readily apparent; it has been estimated that 85% of the buildingsin the Suez region alone will have to be demolished and major replacements tobasic infrastructure will have to be made before substantial resettlement andeconomic growth can resume. Should the Government implement a comprehensiveprogram of rehabilitation and reconstruction on the scale recently indicated,the magnitude of the necessary investments would dominate economic planningthrough at least the mid-1980s.
Summary of Projected Investment, Construction Expenditure and CementConsumption
33. As already mentioned, Table 5 of this annex contains details bysector of the projected cement consumption in Egypt from 1974 to 1984. Theaverage growth rate of construction expenditure from 1974-1984 is likely to bein the region of 10.4%, though the annual variation will probably be wide.While constructior expenditure in 1974 is expected to be about LE 217 million,by 1984 it is anticipated that it will have grown to about LE 685 million.This should, in turn, generate an average growth in cement consumption ofabout 11.4% for a 1984 consumption figure of about 8.3 million tons.
34. The sectoral investment priorities and projections take into accountthe government's outlook and objectives as at early 1974, adjusted somewhatin light of the findings of various Bank missions during the year, particularlyfor the earlier part of the forecast. The government is still in the processof revising its ten-year plan, but indications are that the revised projectionsfor the later 70s and early 80s will be similar to those assumed for this re-port. The construction expenditure/investment and cement consumption ratiosused to compile projected cement demand reflect historic ratios in Egypt asoutlined earlier, with some modification to allow for the shift in emphasisfrom defense to civilian works and the different mix of projects envisaged forthe future.
Alternative Method of Demand Projections
35. The cement demand projections by sector depend on a number of assump-tions about the growth and pattern of investment in Egypt over the next 10years, as well as on several implicit assumptions about the more specificnature of projects, the nature and methodology of construction involved, andso on. Furthermore, the projections rely heavily on figures supplied by theInstitute of National Planning, the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of
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Housing and Reconstruction. It is difficult to confirm these figures as Egypt'sfuture development plans are still very much in a state of flux and subject tofurther review.
36. In order to apply some check on sectoral cement demand projections,an alternative approach has been taken to prepare another set of overallforecasts, using Egyptian and international macro-economic figures as a basis.It has already been demonstrated that there is a direct relationship betweencement consumption and construction expenditure. The latter variable is inturn related to fixed capital investment, which it has been shown is relatedto cement consumption in a similar way for a number of developing countries.The consumption of cement per capita is often used as one index of the levelof development in a country, which is in turn reflected in the Gross NationalProduct per capita. Egypt's future growth ambitions are reflected in thefairly rapid rise in GNP per capita already projected in the earlier part ofthis section on demand. To relate cement consumption per capita to GNP percapita, a number of countries were chosen whose level of development rangesboth below and above that of Egypt's at present and its expected level at theend of the forecast period. Furthermore, the countries chosen are primarilyin the Europe, Middle East and North Africa region, and those countries havebeen excluded where GNP per capita figures are substantially distorted throughthe combination of low population levels and GNP greatly increased by oilrevenues. The countries chosen, with their respective data on cement con-sumption and GNP, are shown in Table 6.
37. Using linear regression analysis, the data in the table resulted ina relationship as follows:
CCPC = 0.652 (GNPC) - 82.380
where CCPC = cement consumption per capita in kilograms
GNPC = gross national product per capita in US$
38. Using this relationship, together with alternative GNP and populationprojections for Egypt, alternative projections of cement demand were determinedas shown in the table below:
/1 Case A assumes 6.0% growth rate for GNP, Case B - 6.5%, Case C - 7.0%for the period 1977-84. All cases are based on a rate of populationgrowth of 2.4%.
/2 From regression analysis./3 Per capita consumption x population.
39. The median macro-economic projection falls short of the sectoralprojection, including Suez reconstruction. The macro-economic approach, how-ever, is linked entirely to total GNP and population growth, and does notreflect variations in the investment level and mix or the proportion of GNPcontributed by the construction sector. It is obvious that these factorsare liable to considerable variation in Egypt over the next 5-10 years, largelydue to the impact of the reconstruction activity being planned.
C. IMPORT/EXPORT
40. Although for many years Egypt was an importer of cement, since 1967its own industry has produced sufficient quantities of the types of cementrequired for its market and imports have been negligible. Indeed, since 1962Egypt has exported considerable quantities of cement. Tables 7 and 8 showdetails of cement exports which, together with imports, are summarized below:
41. Traditionally cement exports were regarded as a means of disposing ofsurplus output, but from 1967 more emphasis was placed on earning foreign ex-change, and a greater export effort was made, to the extent that there was someconflict between satisfying the need for foreign exchange vs. the demand forcement in the domestic market. Since 1973, domestic demand has increasinglycome into conflict with the desire to increase exports, as the static capacityof the industry was becoming pressed to the limit. The result has been thatin 1974, exports have been embargoed, and export activity confined only tocompleting contractual commitments. This situation has resulted in part dueto the curtailment of production caused by the shortage of paper bags.
42. In the past, Egypt's participation in various export markets had beensporadic. In more recent years, emphasis has been mainly on the Arab Statesand West Africa, as shown in Tables 7 and 8. Exports to Libya, Saudi Arabia,Syria, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Poland constituted 79% and 83% of Egypt'stotal exports in 1970/71 and 1971/72 respectively. Export pricing is coveredin the later section dealing with cement prices.
3. Future Export Prospects
43. In a reversal from having been a substantial cement exporter, Egyptnow faces a period where importation will become necessary, with demand ex-pected to climb rapidly over the next few years and capacity being virtuallystatic until early 1977. This situation is examined in more detail in thesection on supply and demand.
44. Aside from Egypt's future ability to resume exports from a domesticdemand/capacity viewpoint, the prospects for exports must be considered in thewhole Middle East and Mediterranean region, which includes many current cementimporters that are becoming substantial investors in cement production ca-pacity within their own borders.
45. Although various studies 1/ have been made of the demand/supplysituation in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf region, these are very super-ficial and wide-ranging in their estimates. While reasonable projections of
1/ IDCAS (Industrial Development Centre for the Arab States); ARE Instituteof National Planning; Polysius AG; Holderbank.
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of demand might be made for preliminary estimates, there is a lack of reliableinformation on the supply prospects, with a considerable number of substantialplants planned, being considered, or proposed. Additional information wasobtained on this from cement equipment manufacturers and consulting firmsduring a recent Bank mission to Europe. There is no doubt that most of theArab States and France have both the raw materials and financial resourcesto provide not only self-sufficiency in cement but export capacity as well,but the rate at which plants are actually established will depend, among otherfactors, on technical capabilities, other investment and development priorities,and the availability of cement-making equipment. Nevertheless, cement equip-ment suppliers are receiving a substantial volume of orders from the Arabcountries and Iran.
46. A review of the preliminary information obtained for the Mediterraneanand Persian Gulf indicates that nearly all the current cement importing countriesin the region could be self-sufficient in cement by the early eighties, withonly Kuwait being significantly deficient in cement-making capacity. Thereappears to be little risk of chronic over-capacity in the region although someareas could have surplus capacity from time to time. It would appear thatsome of the traditional European exporters e.g. Spain, Greece, will continueto be active in regional trading. More detailed information and analysis wouldbe required to make more reliable projections.
47. It would therefore seem prudent that Egypt should plan to have nomore than one million tons capacity available for export in any one year upto 1984, and then only if it secures at least half that amount contractually,as per the agreement currently contemplated with Kuwait, i.e., linking Kuwaitiinvestment in cement producing capacity in Egypt directly to export commitmentsfor 500,000 tons annually. It is obvious that joint planning arrangements aredesirable, particularly with other Arab countries. Most of the countries inthe region appear to be aiming at self-sufficiency, and it is probable thatothers besides Egypt will have export capacity available.
D. THE SUPPLY/DEMAND SITUATION
48. As already indicated in the relevant sections, the planned cementsupply expansion and the projections of construction investment and cementconsumption in Egypt over the next decade are extremely ambitious targets.The completion of cement plant projects as currently envisaged still dependson Egypt's ability to secure the necessary financial and organizational agree-ments, on the results of raw material testing, on project management perform-ance, and on the availability of cement manufacturing equipment. Any or allof these factors could act to slow down the implementation of the supplyprogram.
49. On the other hand, projections of demand are at least as imponder-able. Here again, the availability of finance, materials, project managementand equipment are factors which could act to curtail Egypt's ambitious de-velopment program. As regards the cement supply/demand situation projected
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from all this, it is felt that the projections done by the Egyptians havebeen modified consistently on both sides of the equation. The net resultsof these projections are shown below. The projections of supply and demandare shown in Chart 1 and summarized in Table 9.
Projected Supply and Demand Situation in Egypt: 1974-1984(000 tons)
/1 50% Kuwaiti share of output of Cairo's new plant, if Kuwait participatesin the financing as proposed.
/2 Including allowance for committed exports.
50. During the second half of the 1970s, the projections for Egyptindicate substantial cement import requirements, with a cessation of exportsfor about two years until the Cairo new plant comes on stream in 1978. Ifthis plant goes ahead as presently envisaged with joint Kuwaiti-Egyptianfinancing, one-half of its output will be earmarked for export to Kuwait.By 1980, imports should cease, and there may be some export capacity inaddition to the Kuwait commitment for a year or two. However, at present,it is difficult to predict whether the country will in fact be able to ex-ecute its overall investment and construction program as well as the com-pletion of all the proposed cement plants with the speed now envisaged.Should cement demand not grow as predicted, new plants could be scaled down,implementation of sectoral plans could be delayed and, in addition, there isthe possibility of continued exports to the Arab world or even to West Africa.However, owing to the uncertainties surrounding the supply and demand situ-ation, terms of reference for a comprehensive market and distribution studywill be agreed upon with the Government and assurances have been obtained that,should such a study indicate the likelihood of chronic imbalance, the Govern-ment would revise its investment program accordingly. In addition, furtherassurance has been obtained that the Bank be consulted before the Governmentwould set in motion any new proposals which would result in increased pro-duction beyond that contemplated in the investment program.
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E. DISTRIBUTION AND SALES
1. Channels of Distribution
51. The sales operations and distribution of Egyptian cement to boththe domestic and export markets are controlled by the Egyptian Cement Office(ECO), which is based in Cairo. This body is responsible to the GeneralOrganization for Building Materials and its activities are directed by theCommittee for Organizing the Marketing of Cement. The Committee consists ofthe General Manager of the ECO, the chairmen and finance managers of thefour cement companies, and one delegate from each of the Ministries ofHousing, Supply and Interior Trade, and Economics. One of the company chair-men acts as the committee chairman for a period of two years.
52. The organizational structure of the ECO is shown in Table 10. Theoffice has no capital and does not publish a balance sheet. Its operatingexpenses are covered by contributions from the four cement companies inproportion to their annual cement production as follows (for 1973):
53. The ECO has about 800 employees, including transport, maintenance,planning, personnel, financial and commercial staff. There are no agents orregional distribution centers used, but some 7,000 dealers are registeredwith the Office. Customers place their orders with either dealers (foramounts less than 10 tons) or directly with the ECO. Cement is allocatedamong dealers and Egypt's 25 governates according to a budget. Customersmust have a permit from their Governate's Department of Housing for quan-tities exceeding 10 tons and must pay for their orders in advance. Cementis subsequently dispatched directly from the appropriate plant according tothe ECO's instructions. Vehicles operated by the ECO transport a substantialproportion of the cement, as described below.
2. Physical Distribution
54. Nearly all Egyptian cement is transported in bagged form by truck.Small and declining amounts of bagged cement are carried by the Egyptianrailways and by barge (primarily to points along the Nile), as shown in thetable below:
55. The decline in barge transport, which involves only bagged cement,has been caused primarily by the paper bag shortage which has continuedsince 1972, resulting in some shift to bulk road transport. Shipping cementin bulk has not been significant in Egypt, as major continuing usage centerssuch as ready-mix concrete plants have not developed and the development ofbulk-handling technology has not been so necessary. The move to increasethe bulk-shipped proportion has been almost entirely instigated by the bagshortage. This recent trend is illustrated in the table below.
Bulk Shipping of Cement
Total Bulk % ofYear Domestic Sales Shipments Total Sales
56. The ECO currently operates fifteen 15-ton and two 12-ton bulktrucks. There are plans to acquire an additional 40 trucks during 1975and 1976. Steel silos of 30-50 ton capacity are being made for sale tosome Cairo customers, mostly cement product manufacturers. Twenty silosare expected to be distributed during 1974.
57. Including the bulk units, the ECO owns and operates some 180 trucksand 97 trailers. The bag trucks and trailers have a capacity ranging from8 to 12 tons each, with most units being of 8 tons. The total carryingcapacity of the fleet is 2,617 tons. About 43% of the fleet is 10 years oldor more, and considerable problems are encountered keeping many of the unitsroadworthy, due mainly to a shortage of both skilled maintenance staff andimported parts. The ECO fleet is augmented by about 300 to 400 trucks operatedby a number of private and government controlled transport companies. Theproportion of cement transported by these contractors has been about 55% to62% during the last few years.
58. Some larger customers and government departments can arrange theirown transport directly from the plants. Customer pick-up has been curtailedfrom former levels due to the congestion which resulted.
59. Transport tariffs are set by Government decree and were recentlyrevised in March 1974. Tariff levels to various points in Egypt from theplants south of Cairo (Tourah, National and Helwan) are set out in Table 11.Ton-kilomter costs range from LE 0.04 - 0.05 for the short haul to Cairodown to LE 0.01 for longer hauls, i.e., over 200 km. Transport costs addfrom LE 0.60 to LE 8.00 per ton to ex-factory cement prices and are passedon directly to the customer.
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60. Although rail and barge transport costs per ton-kilometer aregenerally lower for longer hauls, various constraints have restricted greaterusage of these modes. There appears to be little control or influence onthe part of ECO, particularly for rail deliveries, resulting in lengtheneddelivery times. Customers frequently wait up to three months between orderingand receiving their shipments, and therefore favor the faster and more flexibleroad transport.
61. Shipment by barge, although the cheapest means, is obviously re-stricted to waterway points and, above Assuit, trans-shipment to shallowerdraft barges is required due to the inadequate river depth (1.35 meters for8 months of the year). Also, as previously mentioned, barge shipping hasbeen restricted by the paper bag shortage. Although barge shipping is notset up for bulk handling at present, the ECO plans to expand the movementof cement by water and pneumatic handling facilities are being establishedat Tourah and Helwan. The waterside plants south of Cairo are located ona waterway system which includes 910 km of the Nile from Cairo to Aswan andthree canals, two from Cairo to Alexandria (220 km and 250 km) and one fromCairo to Ismailia (133 km). The ECO arranges all water transport through aprivate contractor who owns three barges and sub-contracts others.
3. Scope for Improvement: Proposed Market and Distribution Study
62. As already indicated, the cement distribution system in Egypt hasa number of shortcomings. In view of the substantially increased demandwhich will be placed on it in the future, coupled with the major impact ofdistribution costs on delivered cement prices, it is imperative that themarket and distribution study requested by the Bank, be carried out. Thiswill allow more definite estimates to be made as to the likely balance betweenfuture demand and supply and will, further, permit a rational distributionsystem to be developed in line with these projections. Assurances have beenobtained that, upon completion of the study, the Government will prepare aninvestment program which will include developing the distribution system forcement in line with the updated demand and supply forecasts. It is notapparent that the Institute of National Planning and the ECO have the re-sources to carry out such a comprehensive study, which must take into consider-ation not only major growth, but a significant future shift in the pattern ofregional demand, the bottlenecks caused by poor rail delivery control andinadequate bulk handling facilities, the lack of regional distribution depots,inadequate and poorly maintained truck fleets, and so on. It has been agreedthat the best means of expediting planning to meet these problems and to imple-ment needed improvements would be to engage consultants to study Egypt's futurecement distribution needs and help prepare the necessary distribution plans.Training of ECO staff to continue these planning efforts and effect theirimplementation should also form part of this program.
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F. PRICING
1. Historic Pricing Policy
63. Since 1946, cement prices in Egypt have been controlled by thegovernment. Between 1965 and March 1974, only one increase was allowed (in1969) in the ex-factory price to the companies. Prices to the customer
were increased in addition to this by the addition of an Equalization Taxof LE 1.00 per ton for the purpose of financing housing projects. Thedomestic price structures since 1965 to the present day are set out in Table12 and export prices are shown in Table 13. The development of the price ofOrdinary Portland Cement is shown below:
1965-69 4.10 5.501969-72 5.10 6.50Feb. 1972 - March 1974 5.10 7.50After March 8, 1974 6.25 /1 9.50 11
/1 Bulk price; earlier prices include cost of bags; this is now an additionalcharge.
64. Bagged cement prices have included the cost of bags at a constantfigure of LE 0.50 per ton and dealers' margins were LE 0.4 per ton abovetheir purchase price until the 1974 round of increases described below. In1967, a price increase of LE 0.56 per ton was allowed for cement produced bythe Alexandria Cement Company and any other cement sold in the AlexandriaRegion due to the higher production costs of the local company. Deliveredcement prices have always included transport costs directly passed on to thecustomer.
65. Until 1973, Egyptian export prices were below domestic prices whileheavy emphasis was placed on foreign exchange earnings and internationalprices were significantly below their more recent levels (see Table 3 forEgyptian Export Prices to 1973). The companies received an export subsidyof LE 1.00 per ton.
66. The rigid pricing policies adopted in the past have of courseresulted in eroding profit margins for the Egyptian companies, especially inmore recent times, when inflationary pressures have increased substantially.A new pricing policy effected by government decree as from March 8 is describedbelow.
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2. Present and Future Pricing Policies
67. The prices resulting from the new government policy are detailedin Table 12. The new prices are listed by product below:
EGYPT
Domestic Cement Prices from March 8, 1974(Bulk, Ex-Factory)
Product Before Taxes After Taxes--------------- LE -----------------
- ex-factory bulk prices are based on total product costs,allowing a margin of 30% of the price; annual adjustmentsbased on cost increases will maintain the margin; theAlexandria increment of LE 0.56 per ton will be retained;
- the cost of bags will be passed on directly to the customer(plus LE 1.30 per ton in March, increasing to LE 1.70 byJune-July and likely to go much higher with the soaringcost of Kraft paper);
- transport costs have been fixed at higher levels and willcontinue to be passed on directly to the customer (seeTable 11 for transport costs to selected points);
- the retail dealers' margin has been increased to LE 1.00per ton;
- the Equalization Tax has been increased from LE 1.00 toLE 1.10 per ton; a Reinvestment Tax of LE 0.75 per tonwill be collected by the ECO to help finance futureindustry expansion;
- the export subsidy has been removed.
69. The new pricing policy has of course significantly improved companyprofit levels, but the delivered price to customers has increased greatlydue to the higher factory prices, additional charges for bags, additional
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taxes, hieher transport charges and, for those buying from dealers, increasedretail margins. The resulting delivered prices for Ordinary Portland Cementat various points in the country are shown below:
Delivered Prices per Ton for Ordinary Portland Cement(LE)
Maximum Wholesale RetailTown/Area Transport Delivered Price Delivered Price
/1 Transport charges can vary according to the plant of origin and thelocation of the point of delivery even within Cairo.
/2 For cement from plants other than the Alexandria plant; includesLE 0.56 per ton premium.
/3 Extra charge of LE 1.70 per ton for bags at June-July Kraft prices.
70. The regional differentials are illustrated in the table. Theextremely high prices in the more remote areas are obviously potential in-hibitors to development. Establishing more decentralized plants (Assiut,Suez) will help to alleviate this imbalance but in the meantime the importanceof efficient and economical distribution is emphasized.
71. The ex-tax prices of Egyptian cement compare favorably with domesticprices in other cotntries as well as with the higher international trade pricelevels. Increasing world wide inflation and in particular the higher oilprice levels have resulted in cement price increases over 1972/73 levels ofthe order of 20%-40% in most countries. Egypt's reasonable price levels arepermitted mainly through a substantial oil price subsidy, resulting in an oilcost to the cement companies of about 35% of world prices. Also, theEgyptian plants have comparatively low depreciation charges, and although theplant labor forces are relatively large, low wage rates yield another costadvantage.
72. During 1974, international cement prices reached unprecedentedlevels, reflecting not only higher costs of manufacture and transport, butthe high levels of international demand in relation to export capacity. Baggedprices in September, 1974 ranged around US$30-35 per ton F.O.B. European portswith bulk prices $9-12 lower. It is generally expected that the regional
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supply/demand imbalance will be substantially corrected over the next fewyears, with a number of new plants coming on-stream, particularly in theMediterranean and Persian Gulf area. Trading price levels for bulk cementcould then fall back to about $16-20 per ton F.O.B. For bagged cement themost likely price is between US$25-30 per ton. Export prices are unlikelyto fall substantially below the general level of domestic prices in the longterm, although they have generally been at somewhat lower levels and duringsome periods the combination of strong international competition and domesticsupply/demand imbalances has resulted in marginally costed export prices.Owing to the recent astronomical rise in shipping rates, the C.I.F. Alexandriaprice is hard to assess. However, assuming a future lowering of time charterrates and unloading costs to US$7 per ton for bagged cement, the C.I.F. long-term Alexandria price could be about US$32 (September, 1974 prices). Thiscompares with a bagged price at the Alexandria plant of LE 11.75 (US$29.99),including the Alexandria premium.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember, 1974
ANNEX 3Table 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CEENT EXPANSION PROJECT
CEMENT PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN EGYPTAND ACTUAL PRODUCTION (1900-19731
Installed Total Annual ActualCapacity Theoretical Arnnual
/1 Actual production capacity has been revised downward to 3,850,000tons per year due to the extreme age of some of the equipment atthe Tourah and Helwan plants.
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust, 1974
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT ANNEX 3
PL,NENSD EXTENSION AND NEW CI1ENT PLkqTS/2 Table 2
Ncirii nalCapacity Expected Production Per Year (000 to11s
/1 This is contingent upon the findings of the proposed Market and iCistributiori Study, to be carried GUt by or crbehalf of the Government.
/2 During 1970 production may be reduced to about 90% of capacity due to shortages of paper sacks anc spare parts.
/3 A gradual decrease of production from existing plants can be expected because of the decline in efficiency ofold machinery.Production is expected to level off as replacement parts becane available.
/ 50i of the production from the Cairo new plant will be exporteu to Kuwait by contract aereemer a.
/ Production figures for the new projects are based on
60;a output in 1 st year80 " 2nd
100,5 ' 3rd
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT ANNEX 3Table 3
INVEST11ENT, CONSTRUCTION AND DIRECT CEMENT 500SUMPTION BYSECTOR (1971/72) WITH TECHNICAL COEFFICIENTS
Transport &Communication 79.6 37.1 262 9.9 34-47 7.1- 7.9
Trade &Finance 11.0 2.1 24 0.9 15-71 10.0-11.4
Housing 29.8 28.7 302 11.4 88-98 10.5-10.9
Public Utilities 16.9 10.1 100 3.8 51-80 9.'i-10.0
Other Services(incl. Con-struction &,Defense 27.0 81.0 580 22.0 -/1 7.2-10.5/1
Installationof Machinery - 9.5 - - -
Maintenance &Other Uses - 20.0 200 7.6
375.0 259.8 2,639 100.0 63-69 10.2-11.4
L Construction expenditure exceeded investment from 1967/68 due to currentexpenditure on defense installations. Prior to this time the coefficientsfor "other services" were 46%-52% and abcut 10-11 respectively. The totalconstruction expenditure to investment ratio is therefore also distorted.
Source: Ministry of Planning
Industrial Projects DepartmentOctober, 1974
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
HISTORIC INVESTMENT, CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURE AND CEMENT CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR
1/ Investment and construlctiOn figtures at current prices.
2/ InvestmenL totals exclude adjustment for land purcnases
3/ "Other Services" incluides defense: -onstrLction expenditure higher than investment (1967/68) due to current expenditures on construction for defense purposes.
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TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT ANIMEX 3Table 6
CEMENT CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAL vs. GNP PER CAPITA FORSELECTED COU4TRIES/1I - 1971 & 1972
Apparenrt Germerit~Country Consumptiron/Cap./2(.kg) GNP/CaPita (us$) A
1971 1972 1971/L.2.72
Egypt 7L 84 220 240
iMorroco 104 102 260 270
Algeria 102 117 360 430
Turkey 178 197 340 370
Yugoslavia 295 305 780 810
-ormania 371 404 740 810
Portugal 275 300 730 780
Tunisia 110 122 320 380
Sudan 12 12 120 120
Ethiopia 6 7 80 80
Somalia 24 19 70 80
Kenya 35 44 160 170
Jordan 139 149 260 270
Syria 199 201 290 320
Lebanon 334 407 660 700
Yemen 20 21 90 100
Iraq 125 128 370 370
Iran 96 119 L50 490
India 27 28 110 110
Pakistan 47 5 130 130
/1 Countries with GAP/Capita less than U6TS1 ,000 per annmrn; emnhasis on E-urope,Middle East and N. Africa; excluding those countries where high oil revenuesand small population substantially distort figures.
1 Gerabureau Statistical Review, 1973./ World Bank Atlas, 1973._ IBRD: Economic Analysis and Projections Dept.; base data for 'world Bank
1. TCC draws its limestone from the virtually unlimited reserves ofan immense deposit which stretches about 30 km along the east bank of theNile and extends eastward into the Eastern Desert. The deposit belongs to thewell-known 'Mokkatam Formation" (DJebel Moccatam), which shows outcroppingsstretching from the east bank of the Nile from Cairo down to Minia, south ofHelwan (see Map IBRD 11196). The deposit was already well known in ancienttimes; in fact, the Tourah limestone quarry ranks among the oldest in theworld: Papyrus notes from the VI Dynasty about 2000 B.C. in Egypt bearwitness to the daily life of quarry men at Tourah. At this early time,Tourah limestone was quarried as building stone and later on for small-scalelime production. Since 1928, the deposit has been exploited for the prod-uction of Portland cement by the Tourah Portland Cement Company (TCC).
2. In 1969, TCC hired the Polish Foreign Trade Enterprise, Polimex-Cekop, to carry out a study to establish the suitability of the limestoneas raw material for the production of lime in modern production facilities.This study included (i) a geological exploration of the Tourah limestonedeposit, (ii) an evaluation of accessible proven reserves both for theexisting cement factory and a lime plant, projected for a rated capacity ofupto 1,000 tpd, and (iii) a technical feasibility study for the lime project.Within the framework of this study, detailed geological and topographicalmaps were prepared, samples collected and analyzed, and the results of thestudy recorded in a substantial report. No problem is envisaged with regardto the limestone reserves.
3. Formerly, clay did not represent a problem for cement productionalong the Nile, as nearly each year, prior to the construction of the AswanHigh Dam large amounts were deposited by the river. Since then, however,TCC is limited to the clay deposit, presently exploited. GOBM asked Tourahto investigate this deposit in detail in order to establish its recoverablereserves. It is planned that a new cement plant under separate managementwith a rated capacity of 1.0 million TPY would exploit the same deposit asthat used by TCC. However, clay deposits may be limited. TCC is, therefore,presently carrying out a detailed study of the clay deposit which includesgeological exploration and chemical analyses of samples in the laboratoriesof TCC.
4. TCC's geologists and chemists routinely carry out deposit investiga-tions in both quarries within the process of quarry operations to establishchemical and mineralogical composition of each batch of materials for quality
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control and determination of material variability and resulting short-termexploitation plans. The personnel are well qualified and ensure smoothquarry operation.
B. Limestone Deposit
5. The Mokkatam Series, an Eocene Carbonate Formation stretching formore than 30 km along the east bank of the Nile from Cairo, south to Helwan,Tabbien and Minia, extends eastward into the Eastern Desert to Suez and theRed Sea. At Tourah, the deposit is between 100 and 120 m. The highestelevation in the TCC quarry is 195 m above sea level, the exploitation levelat 99 m above sea level. The terrain of the region is rather even. Thecurrent quarry face is located 3 km from TCC's plant. The strata lievirtually horizontally, their inclination varying between 2° and 5°. Onecan clearly distinguish four different layers: the top layer (25 m) consistingof very homogeneous and hard "building limestone", followed by a layer (40 m)of soft, flour-like whitish limestone with loaf-like hard embeddings; thethird layer (20 m) from the top, consisting of chalky, snow-white, softlimestone of great homogeneity, and finally the bottom layer (2 m) of marlylight grey to white limestone of chalky consistency. Compressive strengthvaries between 150 and 900 kg/cm2 and density between 1.8 and 2.6 t/m3. Theaverage physical and chemical composition and other details are given intables 1 and 2. Although there is great lateral variation regarding lithologyand faunal contents, the chemical composition shows little variation in lateraldirection. The medium hard material is very brittle and shows a compact,fine, crystalline structure. It fractures irregularly with a tendency tosharp-edged splintering. Fracture surfaces are rough and irregular. Scratchhardness according to Mohs is about 3. A sub-water storage test showsrelatively low water absorption in spite of the chalky structure.
6. The boring campaign of the Polish investigation of the limestonequarry included 12 borings with a total length of 600 m. This campaignblocked out reserves of about 42 million m3 (750 x 800 x 70). Because ofthe homogeneity of the material, one can safely assume a reduction factorof 0.9 for this material to account for waste materials and fissurations.The cement plant after expansion (2.07 million TPY of cement, equivalent to1.96 million TPY of clinker) would require 2.65 million TPY of limestone(1.35 tons of limestone per ton of clinker). At an average density of 2.2t/m3, this amount is equivalent to 1.16 million m3 per year. The lime plant,with a rated capacity of about 90,000 TPY of lime, would require another0.15 million tons (0.07 million m3 ) of limestone per year. Using the abovedetermined reserves of 42 million m3, a reduction factor of 0.9, and an annuallimestone consumption of 1.23 million m3 per year, adequate supply for bothplants is assured for 30 years from confirmed limestone reserves. However,beyond these conformed reserves, there are millions of cubic meters of reservesto be investigated which would allow operations to continue for a much longertime. Detailed calculations on limestone reserves are shown in Table 3.
7. The limestone quarry face, currently worked upon, is about 500 mlong and has an average height of 70 m. With a reduction factor of 0.9 and
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a yearly requirement of 1.23 million m3, the quarry face will advance about25 im per year after full utilization after the expansion project.
i~; Clay Deposit
6. The clay deposit exploited by TCC is located between the east bankof the Nile, bounded by a small limestone cliff in the west and the steepstep of the Mokkatam series (limestone) in the east. Within this peneplanation,.three different layers can be identified, which.result from different geolo-gical periods: the lower strata built up by oligocene swamps and interruptedhere and there by small sandlenses. This layer was covered by frequent al-luvial deposits of the Nile floods. Finally, another layer was built by looses3urface deposits of eocene limestone erosion. Accordingly, from bottom totop, a plastic clay layer, followed by a mixed clay layer and a sandy claylayer are clearly identifiable along the quarry face.
9. The sandy clay is reddish to yellowish-brown, with a porous andlumpy structure and irregular grain sizes. The mixed clay is yellowish-brown,with irreaular grain sizes, but of a dense structure. The fracture sarfaceis smooth and is scratchable by fingernail. The plastic clay varies fromgreenish grey to dark grey in color, has an irregular grain size and a porousstructure. Surfaces are strongly cleaved. All materials can be crushed byhand. Under water, the sandy clay disintegrates to a fine sand slurry,whereas mixed and plastic clay become sticky and somewhat greasy. The physicalandi chemical analyses of the three types of clay are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
10. The detailed investigation of the clay deposit, currently carriedout by TCC, is supervised by Dr. 14owad Ibrahim Yousif, Professor of Geologyat the Ain Shams University in Cairo. Currently, the deposit is investigatedvithin the boundaries of TCC's concession area (see Hap IBRD 11196) whichhas been split into several lots of varying sizes and shapes. In Area A,adjacent to the current quarry face, the study has been fully completed,including boring campaign, sample-taking and chemical analysis of the samples;thc distance between bore holes is a 50 m grid. WJithin the other plots, thedis-ance between bore holes varies between 100 and 400 m grids. Samples arebeing taken and properly stored for subsequent chemical analyses. Boringsare carried out by manual Auger borers, which are effective in clay. Drillingcannot continue when the machine hits a sand lens. In such a case, a newboring must be carried out at another spot. Working depth is up to 75 m.Borings and sample-taking are carried out with professional expertise.Table 4 shows details of boring in the various plots and estimated clayquantities. With the fully investigated plot A reserves, the expanded plant'iould be able to operate over 30 years whereas, with total quantitiescurrently researched (including reduction factors), the expanded plantcould operate for over 100 years, provided the chemical analyses show fea-sil)le composition.
D. Sand Deposit
11. Within the concessionary area of TCC there is a sand deposit ofan estimated reserve of more than 3.5 million tons. Sand is used as a thirdcomponenit in some special cement clinkers for the production of (a) high
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sulphate resisting cement (specific consumption: 0.168 tons of sand per tonof clinker); and (b) low heat cement (specific consumption: 0.125 tons ofsand per ton of clinker). The total production of these types of cement islimited to a maximum of 50,000 tons per year; the total quantity of sandrequired per year for this purpose will, therefore, not exceed 7,500 tonsper year. Sand is also used as an additive to clinker and gypsum to be groundto mixed cement (Karnak). Per ton of cement produced, 0.25 ton of sand isrequired. Projected production of Karnak cement after the project is set at280,000 tons per year. Resulting requirements are projected at 70,000 tonsper year. Thus, total sand consumption after implementation of the expansionproject will be limited to 80,000 tons per year. Therefore, the above depositwould be sufficient for a period of more than 40 years.
L. Pyrite Ash
12. All types of cement produced by TCC regularly require pyrite ashto increase the iron content of the clinker to improve the characteristicsof the cement. The important chemical components Qf the pyrite ash usedby TCC are as follows:
Iron percent 58-65Sulphur percent 2-3Humidity, maximum percent 10
The iron component improves the silica and aluminia ratios and is particularlynecessary for low heat cement and sulphate resistent cement. Currently, TCCbuys about 11,000 tons of pyrite per year to produce the following clinkertypes: (i) Ordinary Portland cement, clinker (specific consumption: 0.003tpyrite/t clinker), (ii) Sulphate resistant cement, clinker (specific consump-tion: 0.021 t pyrite/t clinker), and (iii) Low heat cement, clinker (specificconsumption: 0.035 t pyrite/t clinker). After the expansion project, totalrequirements will increase to about 16,500 tons per year. This will notconstitute any problem.
F. Gypsum
13. Gypsum is ground together with clinker to act as a retarding agentin the hydration process of cement. TCC uses on an average about 5 parts ofgypsum with 95 parts of clinker to produce 100 parts of cement. TCC quarriesgypsum in the desert at a location about 20 km south-east of Tourah. Naturalgypsum is available there in abundance as an overburden layer of 40 to 50 cmthiickness. The material is transported by TCC-owned or hire(d dumping trucksto the gypstum storage yard within the plant. Currently, TCC consumes about70,000 tons per year. The consumption will increase to about 105,000 tonsper year after implementation of the expansion project. Meeting this needwill not create a problem.
C. Blast Furnace Slag
14. Blast furnace slag is sometimes purchased from the nearby steelplant at Helwan, if it has a surplus which cannot be sold to the Tabbien or
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Helwan cement plants. This is ground in 35 parts with 60 parts of clinkerand 5 parts of gypsum to blast furnace cement.
H. Raw Material Composition
15. With the given raw materials as described above, TCC has successfullyproduced cement according to internationally-accepted standards for 45 years.Table 5 shows the types of cement presently produced by TCC and the specificquantities of raw materials required for these types. Existing facilitieshave operated on the wet process, whereas the expansion project will operateusing a dry process. Suitability of the existing raw materials used in thedry process facilities has been investigated by TCC and three differentequipment suppliers in Europe (F.L. Smidth, Polysius/Krupp, and Humboldt/Wedag).All these suppliers (who would have to give guarantees on their equipment)have concluded from various tests and analyses 1/ carried out on samples ofTCC's raw materials that these materials are well suited for the dry processtechnology. By means of chemical calculations of theoretical raw mixes, thesuppliers determined similar composition requirements and typical moduli asare achieved by TCC's wet slurry and the resulting clinker.
16. The Cl-content of binary clinker (between 0.07 and 0.12%) producedfrom the raw materials, combined with an average amount of alkalies (between0.6 and 0.9%) will, however, probably require a by-pass arrangement for anyshort kiln with preheater system to partially discharge gases. Otherwise,disturbing chloride circuits will form and clogging of the preheater systemthrough crystallization of alkalies and chlorides will almost certainly takeplace and lead to serious disruptions of operations. TCC has sent raw materialsamples to equipment suppliers interested in participating in the bidding formechanical cement machinery and equipment. This will enable bidders toanalyze and test the materials within their own laboratories and to designequipment according to the specific characteristics of TCC's raw materials.Technical bid evaluation will particularly focus on dry process choice andappropriate design to accomodate TCC's raw material properties.
17. The fuel oil used for firing the kiln contains about 2.4% ofsulphur. This means that about 0.26% S03 content can be expected in combi-nation with the raw mix. This rather low component will be balanced by theexisting alkalies so that no disturbing sulphate circuits should occur.
Moisture (%) after 24 hours n.e. n.e. 16.6 n.e. 35.1 n.e. n.e. n.e. 36.6 n.e. n.e. 44.0storage under water
Moisture (%) after 3 days n.e. 6.3 n.e. n.e. 48.3 n.e. 48.3 n.e. n.e. n.e. 45.1 n.e.storage
b. Exterior Characteristics
Color Snow white to yellowish Reddish to yellowish Yellowish brown Greenish to dark greywhite brown
Structure Fine - crystalline, com- Irregular grain, lami- Irregular grain, com- Irregular grain, porouspact, chalklike, dense nated, porous but compact pact, bumpy but compact
Surface Rough, irregular Smoth Smooth Cleaved
Hardness Brittle, medium hard Softish Softish Somewhat plastic, disintegratable(3 as per Mohs) Disintegratable by hand Disintegratable by hand by handSplintering with sharp
c. Grindability Test edges
Grinding fineness in n.e. n. e. 9.8 n.e. n.e. 15.2 n.e. n.e. 9.6 n.e. n.e. 10.6% residue on 0.09 screen
Resulting spec. power n.e. n.e. 9.6 n.e. n.e. 5.4 n.e. n.e. 9.6 n.e. n.e. 10.5requirement in KWh/t
1) n.e. = not executed.
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EGYPT
TOURA8 CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT Table 2
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RAW MATERIALS
LIMESTONE SANDY CLAY MIXED CLAY PLASTIC CLAY
i/ V 3AVERAGE LOT 1 LOT 2 AVERAGE LOT 1 LOT 2 AVERAGE LOT 1 LOT 2 AVERAGE LOT 1 LOT 2
1. Specific Requirement: 0.3 tons of dry clay per ton of clinker2. Annual Output: 2.07 million tons of cement
Annual Output: 1.96 million tons of clinker
3. Annual Requirement: 0.59 million tons of dry clay4. Number of years from Reserve A. 9.0 0.59 = 15.3 years5. Nutber of years from Reserve A & C: 19.0: 0.59 = 32.2 years6. Number of years from Subtotal A to G: 65.5: 0.59 111.0 years7. Number of years from Total Reserves: 74 : O.59 = 125.l years
1) Minimum, maximum depth as achieved with "Auger" manual borer.2) Average depth has b.en prepared on the basis of all borings carried out in the particular area.
Current height of working face in existing quarry is 35 m on the average.
Indus trial Project-s Depa'tircnt
July 1974
EGYPT
TCRJRAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLINKER AND CE4ENT IN TOC s PRODUCTION
1. Heavy fuel oil (Bunker C -- called "mazout" in Egypt) is suppliedby a pipeline of a diameter of 8" from a Cairo refinery, owned by the GeneralOrganization for Petroleum and is stored in the plant in one of five storagetanks with a total capacity of 23,000 tons. Currently, TCC uses about 220,000tons per year. Existing installations are fully sufficient to provide forthe existing as well as expanded plants.
2. The project design takes into account possible use of gas from theAbu Gharadig gas fields which already serve industrial complexes aroundCairo. If gas is used in the future as heating fuel, the mazout installationswould be maintained as standby. Table 1 of this Annex gives chemical andphysical characteristics of both "mazout" and gas.
II. Electricity
3. TCC is supplied with power by the Cairo Electricity and GasAdministration (CEGA) and by the Company's own power station. Currently, theannual power consumption of the existing facilities amounts to about 120million kWh. Two-thirds of this amount are withdrawn from the Cairo gridwhich is owned and operated by CEGA. The sub-station is fed by undergroundfeeders carrying 11 kV and 300 Amps each. Cost per kWh purchased is LE 0.0062.The in-plant power station consists of a steam generating plant with acapacity of 11.8 MW (5 boilers), and a gas generating plant of 3.0 MW (with5 free piston gas generators). As the power plant is expensive to operaterequiring much maintenance and repair, its load shall be shifted to a newsub-station (to be supplied under the expansion project) which will alsoprovide power for the expansion plant itself. The total capacity of this newsub-station is estimated to be 30 MVA and it will be fed by 6 parallel under-ground feeders each carrying 300 Amps at 11 k. CEGA is aware of TCC's ex-pansion plans and related power requirements and will provide the feedercables up to the plant site.
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III. Water
4. Water is currently drawn from the Nile at a rate of 1.28 m 3/sec bya Company-owned sub-station. This water is used for the following purposes:
(a) preparation of clay slurry;
(b) cooling of miscellaneous machines:
(c) boiler feed in the power plant; and
(d) tap water.
For feeding the power plant boilers, water is demineralized in a new watertreatment unit (1968) by ion exchange at the rate of 10 m3/h. For drinkingwater (item (d)), three Peterson filters with a total capacity of 100 m3/hare used to clean the water. Daily consumption is about 100-180 m3. Furthertreatment is provided by adding chlorine. Table 2 of this Annex shows theanalysis of a Nile water sample. The project will replace the old pumpingstation by a new one with four pumps of a total capacity of 1.6 m3/sec.This quantity will be more than sufficient to provide for the requirementsof the expanded plant, as the expansion will operate on the dry process.
B. Infrastructure
I. Transportation
5. TCC's plant is ideally located with regard to transport facilities.It has road, rail and inland water transport connections at the plant site.All three modes of transportation provide immediate access to trunk lines:
road: 4-lane highway Cairo-Helwan;
rail: fast line Cairo-Helwan; at the plant, a station forpassengers is available; and
waterway: the Nile is the main transportation artery through Egypt.
6. Transportation of cement is the responsibility of Egyptian CementOffice (ECO - see Annex 3) which owns some road transport equipment andleases or otherwise contracts for required transport equipment (see distri-bution chapter of the Annex 3). Tourah has its own fleet of trucks tocarry some raw materials, parts and other items to the plant.
II. Housing and Recreation Facilities
7. TCC owns two housing complexes, one situated near the plant sitefor management and another near the clay quarry for workers. The majorityof workers live in Tourah and surrounding areas. The plant includes a
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building, containing canteen, staff meeting rooms and hospital facilitiesfor emergencies. A large public hospital is located about 2 km from theplant. These facilities are adequate.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember, 1974
ANNEX 4-2Table 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSIW FROJECT
FUEL OIL AND GAS ANALYSIS
1) Fuel Oil Specifications:
Specific gravity at 60°F: 0.952
Viscosity Redwood at 50OC: 721 min.
Viscosity Redwood at 80OC: 180 min.
Flash point (closed): 95.6 0C
Water: 0.1%
Higher calorific value: 10310 K. cal/Kg
Net calorific value: 9650 K. cal/Kg
Sulphur: 2.4%
2) Gas Specifications:
Gas from Abu Gharadig almost free of dust, and available at the
factory at a pressure of 7 atmospheres, has the following compositlol;:
volume:
Methane 90.93%
Ethane 6.68%
Ethylene 0.63%
Propene o.60%
Nitrogen 1.11%
Total 99.95%
CalorificValue 9000 K. cal/Nm3
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust,1974
ANNEX 4-2Table 2
EGYPT
TOURAH CBMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
NILE WATER ANALYSIS
Total alkalinity as CaCO3 118 ppm
Total hardness as CaO 114"
Calcium hardness as CaO 70
Magnesium hardness as MgO 44
Iron as Fe+ 0.10
Sodium as Na+ 30
Potassium as 5.5
Chlorides as Cl 30
Silica as SiO2 14-5
Conductivity 345 micro x 1ohm
Total dissolved solids 236 ppm
Suspension matter maximum 250-300 "
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust 1974
ANNEX 4-3Page 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. Process Choice
1. For the plant expansion facilities, dry process technology has beenselected. The Company's existing facilities, including 6 kilns with a totalcapacity of 3,800 TPD of clinker, operate on the wet process technology. Inthis process, water is added to the raw materials to form a slurry, but thewater must subsequently be removed by increased heat input. Thus estimatedfuel consumption for the dry process, given TCC's particular raw materialcharacteristics, will be only 55% of the currently reported consumption ofthe existing facilities. At the current world market price of US$57.4 perton (US$8.2 per barrel) for heating fuel, this represents a saving of US$3.80per ton of cement. On the other hand, investment costs are somewhat higherfor a dry process plant (between 5% and 10%) than for a wet process plant ofcomparable capacity. Regarding other operating costs, electricity consump-tion is about 15% higher; and maintenance costs could be slightly higher(10%) for the dry process operation. All other operating costs are aboutthe same. See Annex 6-2 for a detailed description of operating costs.During the first two years, one might also count on a lower output of thedry process plant due to the fact that the personnel are less familiar withthe new process than with the wet process. Finally, the comparison shouldtake into account the possibility that if the dry process technology is used,the particular characteristics of TCC's raw materials might require a by-passto prevent build-up of alkali-chloride circuits. This would result in aloss of production of an estimated 3% to 5% from the same amount of rawmaterials used for the two alternatives. In other words, in the dry processalternative, about 3% to 5% more raw materials must be used to get the sameoutput and this has been taken into account in the production cost calculations.
2. An economic analysis has been carried out to compare the merits ofeach process in quantitative terms. This includes above considerations andcompares the wet and dry process alternatives in the following fashion:Capital cost requirements are expressed in constant 1974 prices. Duties andtaxes have been omitted. Operating costs are also expressed in constant1974 prices. Revenues, at constant 1974 prices, have been calculated basedon an "economic price" of US$32 per ton of bagged cement (see Annex 7-1). Theanalysis compares NPV's for the two alternatives and gives the IRR for thedifferential cost/benefit streams. The following results have been obtained:
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Dry Process Wet ProcessDiscount Rate Net Present Value Net Present Value
3. The incremental economic rate of return of the differential is about24.4% in favor of dry process even after taking into account losses from apossibly required bypass. Detailed calculations are shown in Table 1.
4. The advantages of the dry process expansion become even more pro-nounced if one considers the possibility of subsequent conversion of existingwet kilns. Such conversions have been carried out on more than a hundredkilns throughout the world in recent years. A relatively modest investmentis required to convert the kiln, thereby reducing its specific fuel consump-tion while, at the same time, increasing its nominal output between 30% and50%. Based on very tentative quotes from suppliers as well as TCC's ownestimates, capital cost for a conversion would amount to about LE 6 millionat constant 1974 prices (excluding duty and taxes). The economic advantageof dry process over wet process can be clearly seen from the above table andthis tends to indicate that a conversion of existing facilities should beconsidered seriously after the implementation of the expansion project.
B. Description of New Facilities
5. The project basically consists of two distinct parts:
Part 1: The expansion project, designed to increase the capacityof TCC by 700,000 TPY (from 1.35 million TPY to 2.05million TPY) including a complete line of cement producingequipment and related modifications in the plant; and
Part 2: Independent modifications and modernization of some ofthe existing facilities. Naturally, some overlappingoccurs between the two parts of the project, whereoveraged equipment is replaced by new equipment whichwill accommodate the requirements of the existing aswell as new facilities. The following description willdistinguish the two basic parts of the project whereverpossible and explain any overlapping parts.
I. Storage Capacity and Flow Rates for Expansion Project by Department
6. These items are shown in Table 1 of Annex 2-3 and are contrastedwith existing equipment.
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II. Summary Description of Project by Procurement Packages
Equipment
7. (1) IBRD Package (Package D): Complete cement machinery and equipmentexcluding electrical motors, cabling, and control, but includingsupervision of erection, start-up and performance tests; tech-nical assistance during two years after start-up and trainingof key personnel abroad.
(2) Arab Fund Packages:
(a) Drilling rigs and compressors (Package A)(b) Shovels, bulldozers and loaders (Package B)(c) Diesel tractors and semi-trailers (Package C)(d) Electrical equipment and substation (Package E)(e) Laboratory equipment (Package F)(f) Lathes and tools (Package G)(g) Milling, shaping and drilling machines (Package H)(h) Hydraulic presses and pipe bending machines (Package I)(i) Heat treatment furnaces (Package J)(j) Electrical repair workshop (Package K)(k) Replacement of electrostatic filter of
Kiln 6 (Package L)
8. Packages A, B and C comprise equipment for the quarries as describedin section III. Package E includes the substation equipment, electronic controlequipment and all electrical equipment for Package D above, such as motors,switches, controls and cabling. Packages G, H, I, J and K are required formechanical and electrical workshops.
CivilJiee
9. Buildings and civil works such as foundations for stationaryequipment, cableducts, etc., are to be executed by one of the three civilengineering contractors, with whom TCC has had previous experience in theexecution of other projects within the plant.
Services
10. Training of personnel, detailed engineering of equipment, super-vision of erection, start-up and taking over tests, and technical assistanceduring two years after start-up are included in the IBRD package.
11. Erection, installation and start-up tests are to be carried out byTCC under the supervision of the equipment supplier.
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Ill. Description of the Expansion Project by Department
Department No. 1: Limestone Quarry
12. The limestone quarry is operated in the conventional way, with anaverage working face of 70 m, slightly battered. Drilling rigs drill holesfor dynamite charges; after blasting, oversize blocks are reduced to a certainmaximum size by plaster shooting. Face shovels load the blasted rock ontosemitrailers pulled by diesel tractors, which are discharged by means of asemi-automatic overhead dumping mechanism, installed at the crusher hopper.Two drilling rigs, two face shovels and seven diesel tractors with semi-trailers are needed to replace existing obsolete equipment and also to caterfor the expansion project.
Department No. 2: Clay Quarry
13. The clay quarry also operates in the conventional fashion, withbulldozers and front loaders removing overburden, with face shovels diggingintco slightly battered working faces of up to 10 m height which are set interraces, and with dump trucks loaded by the shovels and discharging theirloads into the central clay crusher. Currently, trucks have to transportthe clay to the plant, but by the end of the year a new belt conveyor systemwill move the clay from a new clay crusher within the clay quarry to theintermediate stockpile and from there to the clay storage yard (or directlyto the respective hoppers) within the plant. The expansion project willrequiire a heavy duty bulldozer, a face shovel and two tractor loaders.
-Department No. 3: Crushing
14. One of the existing two limestone crushers, a 1956 F. L. Smidth,200 t!h limestone crusher will be replaced by a 500 t/h crusher of thesingle-stage, double swing-hammer type. It will reduce the medium hardlimestone with a humidity of 3.4% from a maximum size of 1200 mm on any sideto a maximum size of 25 mm. The complete crushing equipment, including aconcrete hopper of at least 70 t capacity, will be installed below quarrylevel, thereby reducing noise and dust pollution. Noise pollution will befurther reduced by an appropriate, wear-resisting lining material on the hopperwalls. Dust pollution will be reduced by cyclone and dry filter of suitabletype.
Department No. 4: _Raw Material Handling
15. The crushed limestone is fed by the crushers' discharge belts ontoan existing system of flexible belt conveyors with a capacity of 500 t/h ofcrushed limestone. This system needs modification to accomodate the increasedquantity of limestone required for the expansion project. For this purpose,the system's capacity would have to be increased to about 750 to 800 t/h.However, a future possible conversion of existing kilns from wet to dry pro-cess would increase their output capacity by an estimated 30% to 50%. A
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respectively higher production of the existing facilities would require anappropriate increase in raw materials. Therefore, it has been decided toincrease the conveyor belt system's capacity from 500 t/h to a maximum of1000 t/h. This is to be achieved by increasing the width of the belt systemfrom 800 mm to 1000 mm and the speed to a maximum of 2.5 m/sec.
16. About halfway between limestone quarry and the plant an existinglimestone stockpile of 30,000 t capacity is located. The extraction arrange-ment, using vibrating feeders which are installed under the center of thestockpile can only extract 10,000 tons of material, as the crushed limestonereposes at an angle of about 70° rather than the angle of 45° which had beenassumed to design and calculate the extraction equipment. The expansionproject will modify this design and layout, so that the existing stockpilecapacity can be fully utilized.
17. Clay will be crushed and then transported on a new belt system of300 t/h originating at the new clay crusher and meeting the limestone beltsystem prior to entering the plant. An intermediate clay stockpile of 10,000ton capacity is provided in this system which is to be finished by early 1975and will replace the truck operation currently used.
18. The belt conveyor systems for limestone and clay will deposit theraw materials in the existing stockpiles within the plant close to the rawmill building or directly into the feeding hoppers of the raw mills and washmills.
Department No. 5: Raw Material Grinding
19. The expansion project, using the dry process technology requiresdry raw mills rather than wet slurry mills. Based on preliminary grindingtests carried out by TCC in different, well-known laboratories, TCC hasdecided on two tube mills of 110 t/h capacity each, with at least twocompartments, air separators and adequate heating arrangements. These willfit into the existing raw mill building. Each will be equipped with elec-trostatic precipitator for dedusting exhaust gases. The limestone feedingarrangement for all mills will be modified, as the existing travellingswivel crane has insufficient capacity. TCC has suggested a belt conveyorsystem with vibrating feeders but tender documents invite alternative designs.
20. The new dry mills will be fed with clay by a special clay feedingarrangement with a clay feed hopper and weighing facilities. For the wetprocess, clay is fed into the mills in the form of slurry which is producedin wash mills and slurry basins. A necessary modification, independent ofthe proposed dry process plant but included in the expansion project, concernsfour slurry elevators to replace overaged equipment in the existing grindingplant.
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Department No. 6: Raw Meal Homogenization and Storage
21. The ground raw materials (raw mix) will be discharged from the rawmills by means of pneumatic conveyors and thus be transported to the Homogeni-zing and Storage Plant. This plant wil consist of several pairs of doubledecker concrete silos, one of each pair serving as homogenizing silo, theother one as a storage silo for the homogenized raw meal. Homogenization willbe achieved by forced air stirring and mixing. The total capacity will beabout 14,000 tons of raw meal, the appropriate number and dimensions of silopairs will be suggested by tenders based on factors such as the timing ofhomogenization, chemical control (sample taking) and discharge.
Department No. 7: Kiln Plant
(a) New Facilities
22. The blended proportioned raw meal will be conveyed by an appropriatehandling system (pneumatic system, screw conveyor, elevator) to a buffer binwith level indicators. A dosing valve coupled with a weigh feeder willcontinuously discharge controlled amounts of raw meal onto a pneumatic conveyorfrom where the raw meal is introduced into the preheater system. A dustcollection system, consisting of bag type filters shall be provided for thefeed arrangement. The preheater type has not been decided upon as yet. Itshall be designed to suit the available raw materials regarding alkalies andchlorides. A by-pass with evaporation cooling tower may have to be providedto withdraw controlled amounts of dust to avoid build-up of alkali/chloridecirculLs. Tenderers have to state the amount of dust to be withdrawn andhave to make suggestions for adequate disposal of the waste dusts. TCC willtake into account internationally accepted environmental standards for dustand waste gas disposal. Waste gases are to be cleaned by electrostaticprecipitator down to a level of 200 mg of particles per Nm3 of gas. Thekiln shall be a rotary short kiln, of all welded design, with a nominalcapacity of 2,000 tons of clinker per 24 hours and to operate 330 workingdays per year. The kiln shall have a planetary cooler with cooler tubesincorporated into the kiln shell. The firing system shall provide foralternative gas and mazout (Bunker C - fuel oil) firing. The size of theclinker which leaves the clinker cooler will be reduced by a clinker crusher.The crushed clinker will be conveyed by chain conveyor to the existing clinkerstorage yard or directly to the mill feed hoppers. The existing chain con-veyor system will be modified.
(b) Replacement of Electrostatic Precipitator for Kiln 6
23. The existing electrostatic filter of Kiln 6 (wet process) operatesat rather poor efficiency due to defects in the inside equipment, deformationof electrodes and cracks in the concrete casing which have developed over time.However, the high tension aggregates and the automatic regulators are inproper conldition. The project will provide for a modification of the existingfilter so that it can attain its optimum efficiency and provide dust controlin line with internationally accepted environmental standards.
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Department No. 8: Gypsum Crushing and Handling
24. tUnder the existing system, a hopper is fed either directly by truckscoming from the nearby gypsum quarry, or by a crane from the gypsum stockpile.The uncrushed gypsum is withdrawn from the hopper outlet by an elevator andconveyed to an existing gypsum crusher of 25 t/h capacity. The crushed gypsumis discharged into the clinker mill hoppers by a drag chain. The crusherwhich is designed to cater to expansion as well as existing facilities(capacity 75 t/h). The Dragchain Conveyor will also be replaced by a newone with a capacity of 100 t/h.
Department No. 9: Clinker Grinding
25. Clinker and gypsum will be fed by chain conveyor into the cementmill hoppers. Clinker, gypsum and possibly additives will enter the mill viaelectronically controlled, separate weigh feeders installed under the appro-priate mill feed hoppers. Two closed circuit ball mills of a capacity of65 t/h (Blaine value of 3,000) will be installed in the existing cement millbuilding. The capacity of the mills is about 40% higher than the nominalcapacity of other equipment to allow for special cements (higher Blainenumber, or addition of slag or sand for mixed cement). The mills will beequipped with air separators and cooling system (water). One electrostaticfilter for each mill shall clean exhaust gases down to a level of 50 mg/Nm3
of gas.
26. Within the old plant, two ball mills from 1932 and 1936, withcapacities of 12 t/h and 15 t/h respecitvely, will be replaced by one ballmill of 40 t/h with open circuit, complete with two weigh feeders, coolingsystem and electrostatic precipitator. The increase in capacity is tocompensate for production of special cements.
27. From the two new mill outlets cement will be transportedpneumatically to three cylindrical concrete silos of 4,000 t capacity each,and equipped with bulk loading devices. Cement produced in the old plantwill be conveyed pneumatically, either to the existing cement silos withinthe old plant, or to two new cement silos, to be installed at the Nile Bankfor Nile dispatch (distance 600 m).
Department No. 11: Packing and Loading
2S. Cement produced in the expansion facilities will be withdrawn fromone of the three silos by conveyors and from these it will be taken up bybucket elevators to the feed hoppers of two rotary packers of 100 t/hcapacity each. The two packers shall feed a new horizontal belt conveyor(about 2,000 bags/h) with deflectors and end skids or, alternatively, threeexisting portable loading belt conveyors, to load trucks.
29. Until recently Nile barges were loaded along one quay by portableconveyor belt from trucks which had carried the bags out of the plant (about800 m road). Currently two new berths are being built for Nlile barges.
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Cement will be transported via pneumatic pipeline with a total capacity of85 t/h from the old plant to two new silos of 1,500 t capacity each, to beinstalled at the quay. An extraction system will be provided which shall becapable of feeding two rotary packers of 100 t/h capacity each. This willallow simultaneous loading of two barges with bagged cement via an adjustablebelt conveyor system.
Department No. 12: Nile Pumping Station
30. This comprises necessary replacement of the existing pumpingstation (old pumps of a total capacity of 1.28 m3/sec) by 4 new pumps of0.4 m3/sec each. The increase in water supply will be sufficient to providecooling water for mills and driers of the expansion plant and modifiedmachinery. The replacement of the old equipment would have been requiredsoon even without the project.
Department No. 13: Substation
31. Details of the new substation are given in Annex 4-2.
Department No. 14: Control Station
32. The existing control room shall house equipment and apparatusneeded to centrally control and supervise the new installations (except forthe crushing department which will have an independent control station). Adiagram shall be provided to show, by means of indicator lamps, the statusof all equipment and electric motors involved in the production process ofthe expansion.
Department No. 15: Workshops (Mechanical and Electrical)
(a) Mechanical Workshops
33. Equipment will be procured to replace obsolete equipment in theexisting workshop. Furthermore, a new workshop building, which will caterto the existing plant as well as to the expansion, will be equipped. Requiredequipment will include lathes, milling, drilling and shaping machines, mis-cellaneous other machines and tools.
(b) Electrical Workshop
34. An electrical workshop will be established to repair about 300 motorsper year. It will include both the required electrical and mechanical equip-ment, such as lathes, milling, drilling, cutting machines, welding equipment,furnaces, etc.
Department No. 16: Laboratory
35. The existing laboratory is to be modernized and expanded forquality-control and improvement of both existing and expanded production.
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For lack of foreign exchange, TCC has to carry out an extensive raw materialinvestigation and the regular production control with overaged and obsoleteequipment. The project is to improve this situation by providing mis-cellaneous laboratory equipment from a long list.
Services
36. Training is discussed in Annex 4-7.
37. Technical assistance for a maximum of two years after start-up ofthe expansion will be included in the project. This may appear somewhat"generous' but should be taken into account in the case of initial problemsof operations and maintenance with a process, new to most of TCC's operatingand maintenance staff.
38. Detailed engineering of equipment is to be provided by the respec-tive equipment suppliers.
39. Supervision of erection, installation, start-up and performancetests will be provided by the equipment supplier. The personnel to carryout erection, installation, start-up and tests will be provided by TCC.
40. Detailed civil engineering will be done by one of the Egyptianengineering firms which will also be responsible for the supervision of civilworks and buildings.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember, 1974
EGYPT ANNEX 4-3
TOU RA CEINT EXPANSION PROJECT
PROCESS CHOICE: COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES (WET AND DRY PROCESS)
Alternative I: Wet Process Expansion Alternative II: Dry Process Expansion Alternative II - I
1) Startup assumed in January 1978. Utilization 1) Production as explained in Annex 6-2.of capacity:
First year 70% 2) Required imports: to make alternatives comparable,Second year 90% appropriate quantities are assumed imported at aThird year and thereafter 100%. price of LE 12.55/Ton of cement.
2) Capital costs as used in dry process case but 3) Capital costs as used in the Economic Evaluation,reduced by 10% Annex 7-1.
3) Operating costs based on fuel costs of XE 3.66 per ton 4) Operating costs as per Annex 7-1.of cement,electrioity costs of LE 0.55 per ton of cement,spare parts costs of LE 0.26 per ton of cement. All other 5) Revenue as per Annex 7-1.items as in dry process case.
4) Revenue based on LE 12.55/ton of cement as perEconomic Evaluation in Annex 7-1.
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust, 1974
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
ECOLOGY
A. Introduction
1. Potential ecological problems posed by cement plants are normallywater pollution (if wet scrubbers are employed), air pollution from bothdust as well as toxic gases, and noise pollution. The Egyptian Ministry ofPublic Health has established standards regarding pollution control, whichare specific as concerns effluents into the Nile but which are vague and stillunder study as far as gaseous effluents, dust and noise are concerned.
B. Tourah Cement Companv
Existig Facilities and oing Prpects
2. TCC does not currently use water to cool polluted kiln gases (wetscrubber system) and, therefore, has no chemical effluents which would beharmful to discharge. TCC does operate a sewage plant to treat the sewageof sanitary facilities in the factory and staff quarters before dischargeinto the Nile.
3. Dust pollution is the major problem in TCC's factory. The managementis aware of this fact and has taken steps to improve the situation: Kilns I &2, the only kilns which did not have electrostatic precipitators to date, arecurrently equipped with modern machines, which will reduce the dust output to200 mg/Nm3 of kiln gas released (maximum permitted value when running abovenominal capacity). Electrostatic Drecipitators of Kilns 3, 4 and 5 are beingmodernized under the same contract. 1/ Finally, this contract also includeselectrostatic preciDitators for three existing cement mills which have previ-ously caused dust pollution problems, and a complete multicyclone system(meclhanized filter) for the "fuller cooler.'
Exyansio 2 Project
4. The expansion project will include the modification and replacementof the electrostatic precipitator of existing Kiln 6. It will replace twoold cement mills, wqhich do not have electrostatic filters by one large newmill fully equipped with air separator and electrostatic filter. It willfurther replace an old limestone crushLer which operates in two stages and isill-suited for TCC's limestone as it produces nearly 70% dust and only 30%aggregate. Transportation of the dusty material over 2 kan via open conveyor
1/ Contract between TCC and the Polish Foreign Trade Company for ElectricalEquipment in cooperation with Walter & Cie, A.G. Cologne, Federal Republicof Germany. Total cost of project including civil works is estimated atL.E. 450,000.
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belt tends to create a very dusty atmosphere on windy days and causes much lossof raw material. The new crusher will be of a single stage type and will havevery little dust output--which will mostly be retained in a mechanical filtersystem.
5. Regarding the expansion project, TCC will ensure that the newequipment will adhere to internationally accepted standards. For this purpose,tenderers are requested to give detailed particulars regarding performanceguarantees of pollution abatement equipment. Tender documents set upper limitsfor solid effluents acceptable under standards prevailing in Switzerland. Allcrushers, silos and packing plants will be equipped with appropriate mechanicalfilters such as cyclones and/or bag filters. All raw mills, cement mills andthe kiln will be equipped with electrostatic filters.
6. The use of the dry process technology may require use of a bypasswithin the preheater system to discharge harmful quantities of chloride andalkalies which might otherwise clog the preheater system when crystallizing.Disposal of the dust collected in the bypass system may be difficult; there-fore, tender documents require tenderers to propose suitable and acceptablemeans for disposal. One reasonable suggestion at this time is to mix thisdust with the slurry for the existing wet process plant, and as dust quantitiesare expected to be small this would not significantly affect the quality ofthe existing plant's clinker. Noise pollution within the existing plant iswithin acceptable limits. For the expansion project no problems are expected,as crushers will be installed below surface, with feed bins lined by shock andnoise absorbent material, and raw cement mills will have partly closed build-ings.
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust, 1974
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
LABOR FORCrE PROJECTIONS AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
A. Labor Force
General
1. The factory and service facilities of TCC are run and operated bya staff of about 2,050 persons. The payroll shows a total number of employeesaround 2,500, which includes, according to Egyptian law, 450 persons secondedto the military, attending university or serving in public functions. Theactive staff of 2,050 persons may appear high by international comparison withsimilar factories, particularly privately-run operations. However, consider-ing the many special activities performed by the staff which in similar com-panies abroad are uncommon (such as foundry, training center, fire department,security department, etc.), and taking into account the Egyptian employmentsystem, these figures are acceptable.
Projections
2. For the expansion project, the Company plans to hire about 200additional persons. In 1980, when the project reaches capacity production,the labor productivity of the operational staff within the plant will increaseby over 40%. The following additional personnel for the various departmentswill be recruited, of whom some will be trained; this program is consideredreasonable.
Total
A. Quarries 40B. Raw material handling 10C. Raw mills 25D. Kiln plant 45E. Cement mill 25F. Bagging-Dispatch 35G. Maintenance and control 20
Total 200
B. Training
General
3. TCC operates a training program with a long standing tradition.Since the beginning of the plant's operation, in-plant training has beenpracticed, particularly in the workshops. Since 1973, a special buildinghas been provided which gives room for the following training activities:
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(1) Testing of recruits, testing of staff for new positions,promotions, transfers.
(2) Training of new staff.
(3) In-plant training courses (upgrading courses);
- Upgrading courses for workers, unskilled workers;- Maintenance course;- Foreman training;- Kiln operator training;- Mill operator training;- Training of mobile equipment operations; and- Pre-vocational training for semi-skilled welders, fitters,
(4) Training of personnel from other companies in Egypt and otherArab Countries; and industrial training of students.
4. Programs can be full or part-time, or after w,orking hours and havevarying durations from a week to three years (apprenticeship for boys).Average duration of upgrading courses is 6 to 8 weeks. The training centeris well prepared to train thle majority of the new staff required for theexpansion project.
Training for the Expansion Project
5. Of the 200 new persons required for the expansion project, about20 will be trained by the supplier of the new equinment, as most operatingpersonnel of TCC are not vet familiar with dry process operations. Particu-larly the required raw mill and kiln operators should have sufficient trainingon similar equipment. The project provides for training of 20 persons out-side Egypt for about one year. This part of the training will be the res-ponsibility of the equipment supplier and is included in the IBRD financedpackage of cement machinerv and equipment.
6. The remaining 130 new employees will be trained by TCC, eitherthrough on-the-job training in the plant, combined with theoretical coursesin the training center or in ELyptian institutions outside TCC, such as theDeDartment of Mlining (for training drilling machine operator), the Mlobil OilCo. (for training oilers), Department of Roads and Bridges (for trainingtractor loader drivers). The proDosed training schemes are considered satis-factory.
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust, 1974
EGYPTTOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
1974 1975 1976 1977
RELEASE OF TENDER DOCUMENTS, 1 ff
SUBMISSION OF TENDERS.
ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL BIDS.
TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS AND TWO STAGEBIDDING.
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL BIDS.
NEGOTIATIONS & AWARD OF CONTRACT. A
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS SUBMISSION.
DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT. _ _ _ _ _
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION _ _
ERECTION OF EQUIPMENT. _ m m
START-UP AND COMMISSIONING
wom--m FOR CEMENT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
- _ _ FOR ALL OTHER EQUIPMENT.
Induatrial Frojects Department AORDER PLACEMENT PROJECTCOMPLETIONDecemberS, 1974 0 RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS World Bank-8934
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TOURAH CENENT EXPANSION PROJECT
CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE
A. SUMMARY
1. The capital cost estimates are based on the technical studies undertakenby the Company and are summarized below:
CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE
(000 LE) (000 US$)Local Foreign Total Local Foreign Total %
TOTAL FINANCING REQUIRED 12926 23530 36456 32962 60001 92963 100%
Above figures reflect direct local and direct foreign costs.
B. DETAILED ESTIMATES
The following table shows detailed capital cost estimates and their directlocal and foreign components, as well as their total local and foreign components.Background information is contained in the footnotes as appropriate.
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM
*DETAILED CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE
(IN LE 000)
2/ 3/ 4/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6/ 7/1/ PHYSICAL PRICE TOTAL DIRECT DIRECT- TO1AL- TOTAL-
DESCRIPTION BASE COST CONTINGENCY ESCALATION C(ST LOCAL COST FOREIGN COST TOTAL COST LOCAL COST FOREIGN COST TOTAL COST
GRAND TOTAL 21989 2199 7949 32137 11744 20393 32137 10858 21279 32137
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Pootnotes explained on following page
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/1 Base cost estimates in End 1974 prices.
/2 Physical contingency: 10% for civil construction, 10% for equipment,10% for all other items.
13 Price escalation: Escalation iates for foreign equipment:First year: 15%Second year: 12%Third year andthereafter: 10%
Escalation rates for civil works:First year: 25%Second year: 20%Third year: 15%Fourth year and
thereafter: 10%
Escalation rates for remaining items as appropriate.
/A Direct Local Costs excluding indirect local components3 if any.
15 Direct Foreign Costs excluding indirect foreign components, if any.
/6 Total Local Costs, including direct and indirect local components, if any.For the cement machinery and equipment package, clearly identifiable itemsamount to 10 percent of total cost could be provided locally. Forthe other equipment packages, this percentage has been estimated toarount to 2 percent.
/7 Total Foreign Costs, including direct and indirect local components, if any.
For the civil construction costs about 15 percent are eastimated to repre-sent imported material and equipment. Of the direct local cost offreight and insurance, about 75%, are estimated to consist of indirectforeign exchange. Of the preoperating expenses about 30 percent areestimated to be expanded in indirect foreign exchange.
/8 Civil Construction & Building Costs:Cost estimates based on the Company's8 experience with recent similar
projects. These cost estimates in terns of 1973 prices were increasedby 30 percent to arrive at end 74 base prices, reflecting the recentstrong price increases in the Building Material Sector of Egypt.
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/9 Equipment & Spares Cost:Cost estimates based on two firm offers received by the company during
1973 and on comparisons with similar projects in North Africa. Pricequotes of the offers were adjusted upward by about 30 to 35 percentto derive base prices in end 74 terms, reflecting the inflationaryimpact of price hikes of fuel and other raw materials.
/10 Freight & Insurance Costs:Estimates based on the Company's experience as well as quotes for prevailing
tariff rates.
/11 Daties & Taxes:Calculated based on prevailing tariff rates currently in effect in Egypt.
/12 Erection & Installation:Cost estimate based on (i) 60 man months of foreign supervision personnel
including travel and allowances, (ii) about 900 man years of localpersonnel and renting of equipment.
/13 Testing & Startup Expenses:Cost estimates based on (i) 35 man months of foreign superrision personael
including travel and allowances, (ii) one and a half month of directoperating cost plus equipment rental for teating.
/14 Training and Technical Assistance:Cost estimates are based on
(i) 20 persons to be trained abroad(ii) 140 persons to be trained locally for an average period of two
months(iii) one expert to be provided for two years after startup of plant
(iv) consultants to assist during technical bid evaluation
/15 Preoperating Expenses:Estimates include costs for Company's project engineering staff, related
travel expenses, issuance of tender documents, as well as costs for araw material survey.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecemberj 1974
ANNEX 5_1Table 1
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
COST BREAKDOWN OF ALTERNATIVE PROJECT L
Capital Cost Estimate
(LE 000)
LOCAL FOREIGN TOTAL
1.) Building & Civil Construction 660 - 660
2.) Equipment - 3917 3917
3.) Freight & Insurance 400 - 400
4.) Erection & Installation 65 41 106
5.) Duties & Taxes 617 - 617
Subtotal 1742 3958 5700
6.) Contingency 66 392 458
7.) Price Escalation 283 1347 1630
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 2091 5697 7788
8.) Working Capital _ - _
PROJECT COSTS 2091 5697 7788
/1 This program would be necessary to keep the production at current ratedcapacity, if the expansion project did not go ahead.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecembers, 1974
ANNEX 5- 2
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
Basic Assumptions:
A. Base Case (Without Expansion)1. Cash LE 40,0O0 - minimum cash required2. Accounts Receivables - 30 days of sales3. Inventories:
(a) Raw materialsBags - 30 days of requirementFuel - 23,000 tons (present capacity of storage tanks)
(b) Work in Progress - 15 days of clinker cost(c) Finished Goods - 20,000 tons of bagged cement and 4 2,000 tons
of cement in bulk.(d) Spare parts - LE 2.67 million worth of spare parts and stores.
4. Accounts Payable - 60 days of sales in 19744 5 days of sales in 1975, and30 days of sales in 1976 and thereafter.
B. Expanded Case (With Expansion)1. Cash LE 600,000 minimum cash required after expansion2. Accounts Receivable - 30 days of sales.3. Inventories
(a) Raw materialsBags - 30 days of requirementsFuel - 23,000 tons (present capacity, no increase in storage
capacity for fuel is envisaged in the project becausethere will be a direct pipeline connection to the mainfuel supply line)
(b) Work in Progress - 15 days of clinker cost.(c) Finished Goods - 30,000 tons of bagged cement and 88,000 tons
of cement in bulk.(d) Spare parts - LE 2.67 million worth of spare parts for the
existing facilities.. Spare parts required for the project areincluded in capital cost.
4. Accounts Payable - 60 days of sales in 1974,45 days of sales in 1975, and30 days of sales in 1976 and thereafter.
Working Capital Requirements 3087.6 3538.0 4036.2 4036.2 6016.7 6056.2 6093.0 6093.0 6093.0 6093.0 6093.0
Change in Working Capital +1159.6 +450.4 +498.2 0.0 +1980.5 +39.5 +36.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Working Capitta Increase due tothe Project2/ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 +695.5 +39.5 +36.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 s
1/ These are irrluded with the Capital Cost estisates.
2/ Excludes spare parts included in the Project Capital cost.
Industrial Pm jects DepsrtmentJuly 1 974
ANNE3X 5-3
BEYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
*~~ ~ ion, 1 v X i_
CATEflORY Amount of Loan Allocated
(Excpressed in US$ Equivalent)(000 US$)
A Mechanical equipment and machinery for:
I. Crushig Plant consisting of complete 1,339mechnical equipment for limestonecrusher plant and clinker crusherplant.
II. Raw Material Handli,g, including modification 944o te lestone stockpile and conveyor belt
III. Raw Material Grinding Plant and Raw Meal 4,259Storage comprising of mechanical transportequipment, two grinding mills with air separatorsraw meal transport and mechanical equipmentfor raw meal storage in homogenization silos
IV. Kiln Plant including preheater equipment, kiln 10,401and drive, cooler electrostatic precipitatorand Qlinker transport
V. Clinker Grinding Plant & Cement Storage including 7,5 00necessary transport equipment, tw Ball millselectrostatic precipitator and storage equipmentfor expansion and transport equipment, one ballmill, electrostatic precipitator and transportequipment for the modification of the existingplant
VI. Packing, Loading, Nile Despatch and 1,527ping Station comprising 4 packing machines
and related equipment and a pumping station
VII. Various Modifications in existing plant, such 1,390as modified slurry elevators, weigh feeders andconveyors
VIII. Spares for Two Years for above equipment 1,476
Ix. ,Iiscell-iq.ous 1t.e-ns (Chutes, Pines, 2,369Mill plates, grinding media, refractories)
Subtotal A 31,205
B Services
Supervision of Erection Installation, 1,265Testing and Startup; Training ofPersonnel abroad; Technical Assistanceduring bid evaluation and for two yearsafter startup
III Quarter 8,350 8,t450 26,550IV Quarter 6,o421 14,8 71 20,129
1976
I Quarter 477 15,348 19,652II Quarter 2,522 17,870 17,130
III Quarter 2,088 19,958 15j042IV Quarter 3,119 23,077 11,923
1977
I Quarter 885 23,962 11,o38IT Quarter 4,985 28,9147 6,o53
III Quarter 160 29,107 5.893IV Quarter 1,460 30,567 4s433
1978
I Quarter 80 30,647 4,353II Quarter 50 30,697 4303
III Quarter 50 30,747 4,253IV Quarter 4,253 35,000
1/ This is based on the following assumptions: 20% down payment;S progress payments; 30% on delivery; 1% on start-up; and
10% after the oempletionof performance guarantee.
The amounts shown include the cost of the technical assistance for prowurementand exclude the interest capitalized to principal during construction perioid
Thus by 1980, when fully operational, the expansion project will help increaseTCC production by 53.3 percent over tne current rated capacity of 1.35 mil-lion tons. Furthermore, the implementation of the project is not expected toaffect the production of existing facilities and the project will help theexisting plan to maintain production levels at rated capacity, since the proj-ect includes some modernization of some existing facilities.
2. Output figures have been calculated on the assumption, that theexpansion will start production in January 1978 and reach full productioncapacity by 1980. Utilization of the capacity to be installed under theproject (0.72 million TPY) 1/ has been assumed as follows:
Capacity Utilization of Expansion (Percent)1978 1979 1980-85
Utilization of capacity (%) 60 80 100
However, to account for any loss in production during early stages of theoperation of the plant, operating cost projections are based on a conservativeutilization rate of 75 and 90 percent for 1978 and 1979 respectively. Thecapacity of the existing plant (1.35 million TPY) is assumed to remain con-stant during the entire forecast period. This is reasonable, as the plant iskept in good condition, the maintenance crews are well experienced, and theproject includes some modifications.
3. The lime plant project currently being implemented by the Company,is to be carried out in two phases. Phase I, with a capacity of 20,000 TPY,is scheduled for start-up in January 1975, whereas Phase II, with a capacityof 69,000 TPY is expected to start operations in January 1976. The sameutilization of capacity has been assumed for these two phases as was used
21 Under given product mix.
ANNEX 6-2Page 2
for the cement expansion project (para 2). This yields a production build-upas follows:
Projected Production of Lime (000 tons)1975 1976 1977 1978-85
Total Lime Production 12 57 75 89
B. Production Costs
4. Detailed production costs by type of cement produced are difficultto establish for TCC because of the lack of detailed information required forsuch calculations due to the peculiarities of the accounting system. As thecomposition of cement types within the annual production shows very littlechange over time and is also forecast to remain virtually constant, operatingcosts are based on total production.
5. Cost projections, with the exception of labor costs and costs ofimported spare parts, have been expressed in constant 1974 prices. However,an increase of 5% per annum for wages and 10% per annum for imported spareparts have been taken into account for projections until 1978. Any increasethereafter is assumed to be compensated for by increases in product prices.Considering the present pricing system in ARE, these assumptions are reason-able as the cement prices will be adjusted upward periodically depending onthe increase in operating costs as a result of increase in input prices.Thus effects of production cost increases beyond the control of the Companyare expected to be offset by selling prices.
6. Based on the proposed product mix, the total production cost bymaterial and other inputs as well as per ton cost of these items for existingplant and the expansion project are detailed in Table 1 and summarized below.They are in 1974 price at full production capacity.
OPERATING COST ESTIMATES
Existing Plan Expansion (Incremental Costs)Total Cost Total CostCost Per Ton Cost Per Ton
(000 LE) (LE) (000 LE) (LE)
A. Material, Utilitiesand Supplies /1 4,369 3.24 2,035 2.83
/1 Includes fuel, electricity, pyrite, slag and paper./2 Includes direct labor only./3 Includes maintenance labor, refractories, grinding media, supplies and
spare parts.
ANNEX 6-2Page 3
I. SupliesJ Materials and Utilities
7. Fuel (for Kiln only): This is the most important cost element inthe operating costs and is a major measure for the efficiency of the plant.Fuel consumption of the existing plant amounts to about 0.162 tons of Mazout 1/per ton of cement produced, given the current product mix. This figure isconsistent with the consumption of comparable wet process-operated plantsand is equivalent to a caloric consumption of 1,565 keal per ton of cementproduced. For the dry process expansion project, a caloric consumption ofabout 870 kcal per ton of cement has been used conservatively. (Such a figurewould result, if the more heat consuming semidry process were used, whereasthe installation of a dry process kiln would result in a caloric consumptionof 750 to 800 kcal per ton of cement produced.) This caloric consumptionwould require 0.090 tons of Mazout per ton of cement produced. The Companybuys Mazout at a subsidized price which is LE 7.5 per ton (equivalent to aboutUS$2.75 per barrel). Although world market prices run about three times ashigh for this type of fuel, the Government is hesistant to remove the subsidybecause of the down stream effect this would have on consuming industries.For this reason and the reason described in para. 5 of this Annex, the fuelprice has been kept constant throughout the projection period. On the otherhand, if subsidies were eliminated for the fuel, cement selling prices wouldbe adjusted accordingly.
8. Electricity: Another major measure of plant efficiency, which isalso an important cost element, is the consumption of electricity. In theexisting plant, this is at present between 94 and 95 kwh/ton of cement pro-duced. This consumption compares favorably with similar wet process plants.For the dry process expansion, a consumption of about 110 kwh/ton of cementis estimated, which is consistent with other producers using this process,and is used for cost projections.
9. Currently the Company is purchasing two-thirds of total powerrequirements from the Cairo Grid at an average cost of LE 0.0062 per kWh.The remaining one-third of TCC's power requirements are generated in its ownpower plant at a variable cost of LE 0.0050 per kWh (equivalent fuel costexcluding costs of labor, parts, depreciation and overhead). The projectwill provide for a new substation, so that all required power can be purchasedfrom the grid. The existing power station will then be maintained as a stand-by unit. Savings will be realized by the Company in two ways: (i) the in-creased amount of electricity purchased will reduce cost per kWh; and (ii)maintenance and operation of the power plant will greatly be reduced. Forthis reason, the weighted average electricity cost of the existing plant, ascurrently incurred (LE 0.0058 per kWh) has been kept constant throughout theprojection period for the existing plant. Nevertheless projections for thenew expansion are based on a kWh price of LE 0.0062.
1/ Mazout = heavy fuel oil (Bunker C), average net caloric value: 9,650kcal/ton of Mazout.
ANNEX 6-2Page 4
10. Pyrite and Slag: TCC buys pyrite at a price of LE 1.25 per ton.With a total current requirement of 11,000 tons per year, this yields a costof LE 53,000 per year or LE 0.047 for pyrite per ton of cement produced.For the expansion project the same figure is used. Slag is purchased fromHelwan Steel plant for the production of mixed cement (blast furnace cement).The cost of this material amounts to LE 0.022 per ton of cement.
11. Refractories: For the existing plant, the cost of refractories isabout LE 0.015 per ton of cement. For the expansion project the same figureis used. As one year's supply of refractories is included in the project'scapital cost estimates; necessary adjustments in calculating operating costswith respect to such materials are made for 1978 and 1979.
12. Grinding Media: For the existing plant the cost for grinding mediaamounts to about LE 0.195 per ton of cement produced. The same cost is usedfor the expansion project, since consumption of grinding media is generallydirectly proportional to the production of cement. Since one year's supplyof this material is included in the project, appropriate adjustments havebeen made in calculating the cost of production due to this material during1978 and 1979.
13. Spares: Cost of spares for the existing plant in 1974 is estimatedat LE 0.29 per ton of cement. These costs have been increased until 1978 by10% per annum to reflect the market situation for such items in industrializedcountries. Spare part costs for the expansion project have been estimated ona different basis: At full production, the total annual requirement for spareparts in the expansion is estimated to amount to 2% of the gross fixed invest-ment, equivalent to LE 0.31 million.
14. Other Materials and Supplies: This item includes fuel for trucks,grease and lubrication materials, explosives and miscellaneous items forworkshops, laboratory, foundry, etc. It currently amounts to LE 0.250 perton of cement produced. This figure has been used for the existing as wellas the expansion project.
15. Paper: Paper has experienced tremendous price hikes within thelast year. Therefore, GOBM has excluded paper from the regular cost calcula-tions for setting selling prices for cement. Cost of paper bags, instead,has been added as a separate item on top of the ex-factory cement price andcan thus be passed along directly to the consumer. The current paper bagprice of LE 1.30 per ton of cement will be increased to LE 1.70 per ton byJuly 1974. These prices do, however, include operating costs, depreciationand interest of the paper bag factory. The actual cost of paper to theCompany, used within the cost projections, is derived as follows: 1 ton ofkraft paper is sufficient to bag 250 tons of cement. 1/ Average CIF price ofkraft paper at the plant in early 1974 was close to LE 265 per ton of paper,
1/ 1 bag, weighing about 180 to 190 g. contains 50 kg. of cement. To in-clude unavoidable wastes of paper, the weight of the bag has been cal-culated at 200 g.
ANNEX 6-2Page 5
or LE 1.06 per ton of cement. Recently this price has increased to aboutLE 350 per ton of paper, or LE 1.40 per ton of cement. In the projectionsit is, therefore, assumed that the average paper bag price for 1974 is LE1.23 1/ per ton of cement, whereas from 1975 onward a price of LE 1.40 perton of cement is used. As mentioned earlier, any future increase in kraftpaper prices will not be a factor in the profitability of the Company becauseaccording to the new pricing system, this entire cost of paper bags will bepassed on to the consumer. Production costs are calculated under the assump-tion that the entire cement production will be sold in bags. However, anyshift from bagged to bulk cement sales, which is quite likely, would notaffect the profitability of TCC for the same reasons mentioned above.
16. Miscellaneous Overhead: This item is mostly related to maintenanceand includes "servicing necessaries" such as outside contractors' services,renting of equipment, hiring of short-term labor, etc. This item has beenleft at current levels for the existing plant. For the new expansion it hasbeen estimated at 10% of the existing plant's requirements, which is reason-able.
17. Others: They include estate taxes, rents, donations and the like.They have been kept constant throughout the projection period for the existingplant. As no additional rents and taxes are to be paid for the expansionproject, no costs are shown in the forecasts for the project.
II. Labor
18. According to TCC's records the annual total labor bill can be splitinto the following categories:
Percent 1974 Labor Bill(million LE)
Direct Labor 40 465Maintenance 35 411Administration 25 _294
Total 100 1,170
To reflect recent increases of wages, particularly of minimum wages, thelabor bill of 1973 has been increased by 7 percent to arrive at 1974 figures.Thus the average annual wage per man, including social benefits, has in-creased from LE 438 in 1973 to LE 470 in 1974 at TCC. From 1974 to 1978,wages have been assumed to rise at 5 percent per year to reflect a trendconfirmed by Government sources. The labor force of the existing plant isassumed to remain at the current level.
1/ 1.23 = (1.06 + 1.40) . 2.
ANNEX 6-2Page 6
19. For the expansion project, an additional labor force of about 200persons will be required (180 direct labor and 20 for maintenance). Theaverage wage, applicable to the existing plant, has been used to project therelated labor costs.
20. Comparison: The comparison of operating costs between the existingplant and expansion project is not readily possible, as the costs shown forthe expansion are incremental (infrastructure costs, maintenance labor,administration and overhead are much lower for the extension than for theexisting plant). However, fundamental differences can be identified formajor direct cost elements, such as for fuel and electricity. As fuel issubsidized (LF 7.5 per ton of Mazout against a world market price of morethan LE 22.5 per ton) the big advantage to TCC of the dry process expansionshows only feebly. But even so, savings in operating costs from fuel alone,also taking into account slightly higher electricity cost for dry process,even at the subsidized price for fuel, work out to LE 0.41 or US$1.05 equiv-alent per ton of cement produced. Using a world market price of LE 22.5 perton, these savings jump to LE 1.49 or US$3.80 equivalent per ton of cementproduced.
21. Detailed operating cost projections by year from 1974 to 1985 areshown in tables 2 and 3 of this Annex.
III. Lime Plant
22. Operating costs for the lime plant are based on estimates of TCCand suppliers and updated for 1974. Table 4 of this Annex shows the projec-tions of production and operating costs from 1975 to 1985 based on the assump-tion that Phase I of the plant (rated at 20,000 TPY) would commence operationin 1975 and Phase II (rated at 69,000 TPY) in 1976. The following table givesthe operating costs, expressed in 1974 prices, at 100% capacity (89,000 TPY).
Costs of Goods Sold 2290 2723 2-9 TWO(Subtotal 1 to 3)
4. Administration (D) - - - -5. Other (E) 12 2723
Total (1 to 5) 1638 2290 2723 21R-1 2350
IV. COST/TON (LE/Ton) 3.81 3.95 3.78 3.89 4.0
.1 For detailed explanations refer to text of this Annex.El Code letters indicate, where detailed cost items belong in the "Summary of Operating Costs"
(Item TII).
Industrial Projects DepartmentJuly '74
EGYPT
TOURAH CE21ENT EXPANSION PROJECT
PRODUCTION AND OPERATING COST PROJCTIONS1 C. LM PLANT ONLY
ITEMS YEAR 1975 1976 1977 1978 1279-1985
I. PRODUCTION
1. Phase I (Tons 000) 12 16 20 20 20
2. Phase II (Tons 000) - 41 55 69 - 69
Total Production 12 57 75 89 89
II. COST OF PRODTJCTION (000 L E )
1. Material & Supply 29 138 161 175 175
2. Labor 11 52 64 69 69
3. Maintenance 9 46 54 59 59
Cost of Goods Sold (Subtotal 1 to 3) 49 236 279 303 303
4. Administration 1 5 6 6 6
5. Other 1 5 6 6 6
subtotal 4 to 5 2 10 12 12 12
TOTAL 1 to 5 51 246 291 315 5
III. TOTAL PRODUCTION COST PER TON (LE/T) 4.25 4.32 3.88 3.54 3.54 &
For detailed explanations please refer to the text of this rnnex.
Industrial Projects DepartmentJuly 1974
ANNEX 6-3Page 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
NOTES TO FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
1. The financial projections are based on the production plan outlinedin Annex 6-2. The expansion project is expected to start operating in early1978 and to reach full production capacity by 1980. Since the cement pricesare expected to be periodically revised to reflect the increase in inputcosts in order to maintain the financial viability of the cement companies,any increase in input costs will be compensated for by a corresponding in-crease in selling prices. Therefore, 1974 prices are used for the financialprojections with the exception of capital costs. However, financial rates ofreturn calculations are based on 1974 prices for capital costs as well.
2. Net Sales. Cement is sold on an ex-factory price basis and thecustomer pays for the transportation costs. Details of revenue projectionsare contained in Annex 6-1. Taxes, which are directly remitted to the Govern-ment by ECO, are netted out from the sales price to show the actual revenueto the Company. Net sales are also calculated on the basis of the productmix given in Annex 6-2. Revenue from other sources, such as sales of foundryproducts and revenue from services, which are based on the Company's previousexperience, is also included in the net sales.
3. Operating Costs. These costs are calculated on the basis of theCompany's past performance as well as the improvements that can be reasonablyexpected due to the project. Assumptions used in calculating these costprojections are elaborated on in Annex 6-2.
4. Depreciation. This follows the legally required rates and accord-ing to the Standarized Accounting System in force in Egypt, assets must bedepreciated at the following rates:
5 years - for rolling stock, light moving equipment,office equipment, pre-operating, startupexpenses and training expenses, interestduring construction;
8-10 years - for heavy moving equipment, drilling rigs,etc;
20 years - for plant and equipment; and
33 years - for buildings and civil works.
5. Financial Charges. Financial charges are based on the followingassumptions. Financial charges due to the project during the constructionperiod are charged to the balance sheet:
ANNEX 6-3Page 2
IBRD - The Bank Loan of LE 15.686 million (US$40 million)will be onlent to the Company for 15 years includ-ing 5 years of grace, at an effective interestrate of 10 percent per annum. Interest on theonlent funds during construction will be financedby the Government. Repayment of the loan is assum-ed to be on equal principal plus interest.
Arab Fund - LE 6.667 million (US$17 million) for 20 yearsincluding 5 years grace, at 6% interest. ArabFund will finance interest on its loan duringconstruction. Repayment of this loan is basedon annuity payments.
GovernmentParticipation - Assumed to be in the form of equity.
It is also assumed that the company will gradually reduce its Bank overdraftsand by the time the project comes into operation, the Company will have noshort-term debt outstanding. Interest on short-term borrowings is assumedto be 6% per annum.
6. Taxes. Tax payable by the Company is calculated at 8.89% of netprofit before taxes. This is calculated on the following basis:
(i) At present income tax is 39.7% of the retained earnings; and
(ii) 85% of the net profit after taxes is distributed.
Let NP - Net profit before taxesD - Distribution of profits = .85(NP-T)T - Taxes - .397(NP-D)
T = .397 NP - .397 x .85 NP + .397 x .85 T
= .05953NP NP x .0898
- NP x 8.98%
7. Retained Earnings. It is assumed that 85% of the net profit aftertaxes is paid out, as detailed in page 2 of Annex 2-4, to the Government andto the Company's employees. Of the remainder, 5% is used for compulsorypurchase of government bonds in the following year. Payments of taxes aswell as distribution of profits are also assumed to be made in the followingyear.
To Reserves for Bonds 175 179 174 172 79 88 115 118 120 163 172
Note: For assumptions, See Annex 6-3.
/1 Recent information from the Company indicated production closer to 1,200,000 tons in 1974; effect on income statement has not been calculated, but impacton cash flow is not expected to be substantial nor should results from 1975 be affected significantly.
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember, 1974
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECTSOURCE AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS PROJECTIONS
1. The break-even point of the fully expanded plant has been calculatedbased on total costs in the year 1980 when the plant is assumed to operate at100% of rated capacity. Costs for the lime plant have been excluded.
2. The following basic data were used to determine the break-even pointfor the expanded cement plant.
1. TOTAL COSTS Fixed Variable TotalCosts Costs Costs
PROFIT BREAK-EVEN POINT (percentage Capacity) 78.5%
CASH BREAK-EVEN POINT (percentage Capacity) 6 3.7
ANN:EX 6-9Page 2
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
PROFIT BREAK EVEN POINT FOR THE TOTAL EXPANDED PLANT
YEAR 1980
(LE Millions) (LE Millions)18.00 17.80
Profit156
15.00 Break Even A5.61
(13.98)
12.00
9.00
Fixed Costs 8 06
7.60
6.oo _'I
3.00
0 20 40 60 / 80 1OOg(78. 5%)
% of Capaicity
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember, 1971.
ANNEX 6-10
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
FINANCIAL RATE OF RETURN AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Assumptions
1. FinancialJ rate of return calculations are based on an incrementalbasis; cost and benefit streams are given in page 2 of this Annex. Thesecost and benefit streams are derived from the financial projections andreflect costs and benefits in 1974 real value terms. The capital cost estimateof the project is in current prices--i.e., it includes price escalations.Fixed investments, in current terms, required to maintain the present productionlevel, if the project is not implemented, have been deducted from the fixedasset cost estimate of the project to arrive at the incremental fixed assetcost. For the purpose of financial rate of return calculations, this costhas been deflated by 7% per annum to arrive at the fixed cost in 1974 realtenms, under the assumption that the average world inflation would be about7% per annum. Revenue calculations as well as operating cost estimates arebased on 1974 prices.
2. Other basic assumptions used in the financial rate of return calcu-lations are as follows:
Construction period 4 yearsLife of the project 20 yearsScrap value LE 772,000 (Assuming that incremental working
capital will be available afterthe expected project life)
Revenue to the company LE 8.22/ton of bagged cementFuel (at subsidized rate) LE 7.5/tonIncrease in direct labor 200 personsforce
EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
INCREMENTAL FINANCIAL RATE OF RETURNCOST AND BENEFIT STREAMS
(LE 000)
CAPITAL COST OPERATING COST- REVENUE-EXPANDED CASED/ BASE CASE INCREENTAL Incremental Incremental EXPANDED CASE BASE CASE INCREMENTAL EXPANDED CASE BASE CASE INCRE-
(With Expansion) (Without Expansion) In current In 1974 3 Working Capital Cost (With Expansion) (Without Expansion) (With Expansion) (Without Expansion) MENTALterms Net Prices- Capital~6/ in 1974
1/ Excluding incremental working capital and interest during construction.2! Excludes depreciation, financial charges, and taxes. These costs are in 1974 prices. For details refer to Annex 6-2.3/ 1974 real prices are calculated by deflating current prices using a 77. per annum deflator.4/ Incremental working capital attributable to the project and is assumed to be recouped after the economic life of the project.5/ Revenue calculations are based on 1974 prices. For details refer to Annex 6-1.
Case Capital Cost Operating Cost Revenue Rate of Return
1. (Base Case) 100 100 100 10.42. 110 110 100 8.13. 110 110 90 5-54. 90 90 100 15.35. 110 100 110 11.46. One year Project delay 9.17. One year Project delay and 15),c- cost overrun 7.4
Industrial Projects DepartmentAugust 1974
ANNEX 7-1Page 1
EGYPT
TOURAH CE24ENT EXPANSION PROJECT
ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Assumptions
1. All costs and revenues are expressed in real 1974 prices and arederived on the following basis: (a) benefit stream is based on the opportunitycost of importing cement; (b) production cost is calculated using world marketprices for main inputs; and (c) all taxes and duties are excluded. However,no shadow pricing of the foreign exchange has been employed.
Revenue
2. TCC's net sales are valued at adjusted 1974 world market prices(c.i.f. Egyptian port), which are derived from conservatively estimated long-term European f.o.b. cement prices. Historically, European domestic cementprices have been somewhat higher than export prices. In the late 1960s somecountries exported cement at marginal cost due to domestic oversupply. A.number of cement plants came on stream in the late 196 0s and early 1970s whendomestic demand was somewhat depressed in most European countries. This resultedin an oversupply situation and spare capacity for export markets. However, duringthe 1972-1974 period, the increase in demand was not matched with increased supplyand for the past year or two there was a significant shortage of cement throughoutthe world. This shortage, along with the recent price increase of petroleum pluschanges in currency values have pushed up cement prices, particularly for exportcement. In September, 1974, f.o.b. European port prices on the average variedbetween US$30 - 35 per ton of bagged cement. The domestic selling prices ofcement are controlled or influenced bm most governments and prices of beggedcement in most European countries in September were about US$25 - 35.
3. The recent cement shortage situation is not expected to continue andalready domestic demand in many countries has slackened substantially. Further-more, a large number of expansion programs are at present being carried out, orunder study, in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf region; by the end of thedecade, it is expected that demand and supply would be in a better balance.Under a stable demand/supply situation, the export prices would be more n linewith domestic selling prices. However, on the conservative assumption thatlong-term international competition might be greater than in the recent "sellers';market, the long-term f.o.b. European bagged cement price is assumed at US$25 per ton,a level somewhat lower than at present. Assuming that if Egypt were to import cement,it would import from nearby countries, such as Greece or Turkey, the transportationcost, including insurance, is conservatively estimated to be about US$7 per ton ofcement; this would give an economic accounting price for bagged cement of aboutUS$32 per ton at the port of Alexandria; this is used for sales revenue calcula-tions. However, if the world prices were to drop to the level of the marginalcost of production, which is highly unlikely, the economic accounting price ofcement at the port of Alexandria could be about US$28 per ton of bagged cement,including US$7 per ton transportation cost.
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Operating Cost
4. Fuel oil: This is the most important cost element in the operatingcosts. In calculating the fuel cost, the subsidy element has been removed byusing an international price of about US$57.4 (or LE 22.5) per ton of fuel(Bunker C); this is equivalent to about US$8.1 (or LE 3.2) per barrel. Iffuel oil prices in world trade continue to increase, then the economic account-ing price of cement would also increase. At higher prices for fuel oil,alternative fuels, such as coal and lignite on a world-wide basis, are likelyto become economic heating materials for the kiln.
Labor cost: No shadow price for labor has been assumed because TCCrequires mainly skilled labor, which is in short supply. However, total laborcosts exclude taxes and contributions amounting to 13% of the total wage bill.
Other costs: No adjustments have been made with respect to otheroperating cost elements with the exception of imported spare parts; the costof spare parts excludes duties amounting to about 15%.
Project Cost
5. Project cost, which is in current terms, has been deflated by 7% perannum from the year of disbursement to arrive at the capital cost in 1974 realterms, under the assumption that the average world inflation would be about 7%per annum. Moreover, duties and taxes totaling LE 2.1 million have been exluded.
Life of the Project
6. The life of the project is assumed to be 20 years from the year ofcommissioning.
50 lG10 130 10 20.06. One year Project delayr 16.3iS. One year Project delaly and 1 Op cost overrun 12 .9
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TOUAHI CE:tVIENT EXPANSION PROJECTEFFECT OF PRICES ONI ECONOIMIC RATE OF RETURN
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Fuel Price (US$ per ton)Industrial Projects DepartmnentDecember, 1974,
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EGYPT
TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECT
RISK ANALYSIS
1. Details of economic rate of return calculations together with theassumptions used are given in Annex 7-1. These calculations are based on thebest estimates possible at present. However, since there are a number ofuncertainties prevailing in the world, there could be some variations in thecost and benefit streams. For example, depending on the order books of theequipment supply industries and the general price behavior of steel andother metals, the equipment cost could vary from the present estimates.Moreover, with respect to local construction cost estimates, it is hard topredict how these costs will behave in the future in light of the tremendousinvestment programs planned in ARE for the future. Regarding world marketprices for cement and fuel, although both are somewhat related, it is hardto quantify all factors, such as commercial factors, technological break-throughs, supply and demand distortions, and rising transport costs, whichcould have a major effect on future prices. Therefore, in order to takeaccount of these uncertainties in the economic rate of return of the project,a risk analysis has been carried out.
2. The percentage variations of cost and benefit streams and theirprobabilities are assumed as follows:
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3. Based on the above probability distribution, the expected economicrate of return would be 17.9% with a standard deviation of 4.6%. Economicrate of return and the cumulative probability distribution are given in thefollowing chart and the major observations are summarized below.
Expected Economic Rate of Return 17.90%Standard Deviation 4.58%
Cumulative Probability Rate of Return (%)
0.05 110.25 140.50 180.75 220.95 25
4. There is a 90% chance that the economic rate of return of the projectwould be within 11% and 25%. The chances of the return being above 27% orbelow 10% are negligible and the probability of its being above 1h% is 75%.Therefore, the project is expected to provide a satisfactory return even underadverse conditions.
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TOURAH CEMENT EXPANSION PROJECTCUMULATIVE PROBABILITY OF RATE OF RE,TURN
8. Net Savings in Foreign Currency (5-(6+7)) 11.080 11,442 11.404 11,370 11,393 11.409 11,428 11.430 11.433 11.435 11,437
9. Incremental Net Savings in ForeignCurrency (4-8) 0 0 0 0 3,080 4,155 4,384 4.370 4,392 4515 4 659
10. Incremental Net Savings (in US$ 000) 0 0 0 7 7 10 , 19 11,400 11,880
I/Foreign exchange attributable to cement production. Price assumptions are same as those used for economic rate of return calculations.2/ Excludes duties and taxes.3/ This is based on the assumption that if the plant is not operating the fuel could be exported at US$57.4/ton
Industrial Projects DepartmentDecember. 1974
IBRD 11196
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