Thyssenkrupp Uhde https://www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com/en/press_detail_7872.html Chemical, 2012-10-12, 05:27 PM Thyssenkrupp Uhde is selected to engineer one of the world’s largest liquid fertilizer plants, it will be built by OCI Construction Group or Orascom (ThyssenKrupp Uhde operates under three wholly owned engineering and construction companies: Orascom, Contrack Watts, and The Weitz Company. Also owns a 50% stake in The BESIX Group.) The German plant construction company Thyssenkrupp Uhde was awarded the contract for the design and supply of a liquid fertiliser plant, which will be built near Wever, Iowa in the USA, through its U.S. business partner Uhde Corporation of America. The liquid fertiliser urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) is produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide, with urea solution, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate being produced as intermediates. The customer is Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), which is building the entire complex for its subsidiary, Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCo). Commissioning is scheduled for 2015.  Orascom Onsi Sawiris, the patriarch of Egypt's wealthiest family, founded Orascom Construction in 1950 and later had to build it again from scratch after it became nationalized in 1960.  His third son Samih is chairman of Orascom Development, which develops resorts.  1950: Onsi Sawiris founded a construction company in Upper Egypt 1961: The construction company was nationalized and Onsi Sawiris left for Libya where he continued his construction career One of his other sons Naguib Sawiris, owns 20% of Frank 'Uranium One' Giustra's built company, Toronto-listed Endeavor Mining, which operates gold mines in West Africa. (*Frank Giustra stepped down from board of directors of company, July 30, 2016). Naguib Sawiris also has a nearly 20% stake in Australia-listed gold mining firm Evolution Mining. Naguib Sawiris built a fortune in telecom, but in 2017 stepped down as CEO of Orascom Telecom Media & Technology (OTMT). In 2011, Sawiris had sold Orascom Telecom to Russian telecom firm VimpelCom in a multi-billion dollar stock and cash transaction.  Some background on Giustra and Endeavour Mining: Neil Woodyer Neil Woodyer, CEO and Director, has extensive history in the mining sector creating growth strategies, implementing financing plans and leading management teams. In 1988, Mr. Woodyer was a founder of Endeavour Financial, a successful mining merchant banking and advisory business. From 2001 to 2007, Giustra was chair of Endeavour Financial, a merchant banking firm which financed mining companies. Giustra is now CEO of Fiore Group of Companies In 2009, Mr. Woodyer, then Endeavour’s CEO, and Mr. Giustra devised Endeavour’s gold growth strategy and in 2010, Mr. Woodyer led the transition of a financial company (Endeavour Financial) into a mine operations and development company (Endeavour Mining). Endeavour Mining successfully grew into one of the largest gold producers in West Africa through a series of acquisitions, successful expansion and optimization projects, and new mine construction. Mr. Woodyer left Endeavour Mining in June 2016.  http://www.leagold.com/corporate/board-of-directors