Thursday 03 Apr
The Ministerial Group for Industrial Development, in its meeting today, Sunday, chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, approved a request to establish a new project under the name "Alstom Railways Components Manufacturing L.L.C." under the Special Free Zones system. The project aims to establish an industrial complex in the industrial logistics zone in Borg El Arab City. The complex includes two factories for metro line 6 spare parts and cables, covering an area of 40 acres.
The meeting was attended by Lieutenant General Kamel El Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Transport, Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Mohamed Salah El Din, Minister of State for Military Production, Engineer Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development, Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, Engineer Sherif El-Sherbiny, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, Alaa El Din Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Engineer Mohamed Shimi, Minister of the Public Business Sector, Engineer Hassan El Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Engineer Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and a number of officials.
Kamel El-Wazir presented the most prominent
topics on the agenda of the meeting of the Ministerial Group for Industrial
Development, including the steps and procedures taken to utilize the land
around the 1,200-acre landfill in 10th of Ramadan City and establish a group of
factories around it that rely on recycling landfill waste, such as interlocking
blocks, biogas, fertilizers, and other materials. He also presented the
requests submitted by companies to establish waste recycling plants within the
project.
He also presented the implementation status
of the project to establish an integrated waste management complex in 10th of
Ramadan City, which aligns with Egypt's Vision 2030 and the government's work
program. He also presented the implementation rates for the integrated
treatment facility's infrastructure, which includes utility connections,
construction and paving of internal roads, the construction of a primary
wastewater treatment plant, and the implementation of irrigation networks for
green spaces and trees. He also presented models for public-private sector
cooperation in implementing this project.
In this regard, Dr. Madbouly directed the
preparation of a clear plan for the targeted factories within this framework
and their planned production capacity, while identifying the priorities for the
planned network of facilities.
During the meeting, El-Wazir discussed the
General Authority for Industrial Development's plan to utilize the lands of the
Iron and Steel Company and the Coke Company in the Tebbin area. This plan, in
light of the President's approval to allocate the lands of the Iron and Steel
Company and the Coke Company in the Tebbin area for the establishment of
(environmentally friendly) industrial activities, includes a number of
agreed-upon measures and proposals to implement presidential directives in this
regard.
He also presented the results of implementing the car production incentive and the incentive proposals of the National Program for the Development of the Automotive Industry. The most important observations and several proposals were discussed.
