MEED reported that US based Bechtel has clinched a key aluminum smelter project in Saudi Arabia.

Meed without saying how it got the information reported that Betchel has been appointed as the engineering, procurement and construction management contractor for Al-Zabirah smelter project at Ras al Zour.

The smelter is being developed by Alumco a joint venture of Saudi Arabian Mining Company and the British Canadian company Rio Tinto Alcan.