China's Befar Group breaks ground on green chlor-alkali plant in Egypt

CAIRO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's Befar Group has begun construction on a 500-million-U.S.-dollar project to produce chlor-alkali in Egypt's Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (TEDA), the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) authority said on Tuesday.

The facility, described as Egypt's first green chemical plant, aims for an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes and will be built on a 400,000-square meter site in two phases, the SCZone said in a statement following a foundation stone ceremony.