The Military Production Ministry is planning on opening four refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plants worth EGP 700 mn in Ismailia, El Sharqiya, Minya, and Beni Suef, government sources tell Al Borsa. The plants will also be able to produce organic fertilizers. Military Production Minister Mohamed El Assar met with Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy and Local Development Minister Hisham Sherif to discuss expanding the use of RDF in energy-intensive industries such as the cement, steel and ceramic industries. They also discussed using the organic fertilizers for the 1.5 mn feddans project, sources added.

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