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Spotlight | Egypt, France
France's Vicat tangles with Egypt's military by filing for arbitration

Sinai Cement near El Arish, Egypt.
Sinai Cement near El Arish, Egypt. © Vicat Web site
The cement company Vicat claims it has unfairly lost out in Egypt due to the Egyptian military taking increasing control of the construction industry. With Paris unable to help, Vicat has turned to the World Bank's arbitration court. [...]
Published on 27.07.2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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HeidelbergCement follows Vicat's lead and challenges Cairo

The cement sector is a crucial part of President Abdel Fattah al Sisi's future administrative capital mega-project. Dominated by the Egyptian army, the sector has suffered a new setback following German company HeidelbergCement and its French and Italian subsidiaries' decision to register a request for arbitration proceedings with the World Bank's arbitration court, ICSID.

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HeidelbergCement Group has been present in the Egyptian market since 2016 when it became a shareholder in Suez Cement.
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Faced with Cairo's military grip on industry, HeidelbergCement files for arbitration

First Vicat, now HeidelbergCement and its French and Italian subsidiaries have launched arbitral proceedings with the ICSID against the Egyptian state. This new setback for the cement sector, which is dominated by the army despite being open to foreign investors, could affect some of the major construction projects underway, not the least New Cairo City.

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HeidelbergCement has been on the Egyptian market since 2016 when it bought parts of the local company Suez Cement.

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