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Rajhi Steel to build $4bln steel complex; to IPO 50pc

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"The Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources agreed lately to allocate 70 million cubic feet a day of dry gas to Rajhi Steel to build a heavy steel complex in King Abdullah Economic city," SPA said in a statement on Sunday.

The project, which will be 50 percent offered to the public through an initial public offering (IPO), will have a capital of 15 billion Saudi riyals, the statement said.

Copyright Reuters, 2011