On Wednesday 18th last month June, GS Inima announced that it had won a deal to set up a desalination plant in Tunisia. The Djerba plant construction deal involves a 50-50 consortium between GS, a South Korean firm and Aqualia S.A, a water management company.
The plant will see conversion of 50,000 tons of sea water into fresh water. The project is based at Djerba, a resort in southern Tunisia.
This is the first time a Korean company will be entering a North African country construction market and GS will own a share of 34.7 million Euros.
The news of winning the contract should be better news after the company was charged with setting up of two desalination plants in Algeria, a neighboring country.
The two companies will be responsible for designing the plant, as well as procuring and constructing the plant.The company will use the platform to boost a campaign to win another contract involving construction of Sfax and Zarat desalination projects in Tunisia, whose orders are expected after 2015.
