Thursday, Jun 24, 2010

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's Alwatania Gypsum Co., a unit of Mohammad Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi and Sons Holding Co., said it started early last week operating its gypsum board plant in Yanbu, Al Riyadh reported Thursday.

The move is part of Alwatania's second expansion phase that is expected to be completed in October. The expansion will include producing gypsum boards at the company's factory in Al Kharj area in the Saudi Yamama province, the paper reported.

Newspaper website: http://www.alriyadh.com

-By Beirut Bureau, Zawya Dow Jones; +961-1-985 757; BeirutZDJ@zawya.com

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