OCI-Replacement: OCI Exports First Ammonia Shipment


CAIRO, EGYPT--(Marketwire - June 1, 2009) -



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OCI Fertilizer Group
Cairo, Egypt / 1 June 2009, 1:30 PM



OCI Exports First Ammonia Shipment


Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) announced today that Egypt Basic
Industries Corporation (EBIC) has successfully completed its first
export shipment totaling 23,400 metric tons of ammonia using its export
facilities in Sokhna Port on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. Exports take
place through a dedicated jetty operated by EBIC.


EBIC owns and operates two port storage/export tanks with a total
capacity of 80,000 metric tons and a state of the art loading arm with
a capacity of 1,200 metric tons per hour. EBIC's name plate capacity is
2,000 metric tons per day or 0.7 mtpa.



About OCI Fertilizer Group


The OCI Fertilizer Group has plants based in Egypt capable of producing
a total of 2.0 million tons of nitrogen-based fertilizers annually.
In late 2010 our fertilizer complex in Algeria in partnership with
state-owned Sonatrach will begin production with a total capacity of
0.8 million tons of ammonia and 1.2 million tons of urea. The Group
also has an investment in a facility in Nigeria. With production from
Algeria and the upgrade of our production facilities in Egypt, the OCI
Fertilizer Group will achieve a gross annual production capacity of
4.8 million tons of nitrogen-based fertilizers.





For additional information contact: For additional information on OCI:

OCI Investor Relations Department:  www.orascomci.com
Omar Darwazah
Email: omar.darwazah@orascomci.com  OCI stock symbols: OCIC.CA/ORCI
                                    EY/OCICqL / ORSD


Erika Wakid                         Orascom Construction Industries
Email: erika.wakid@orascomci.com    (OCI)
                                    Nile City Towers - South Tower
Hassan Badrawi                      2005A Corniche El Nil
Director                            Cairo, Egypt


Tel: +202 2461 1036/0727/0917

Fax: +202 2461 9409




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