US $ 700 m investment:
Heavy industry zone in Trincomalee
There is a growing enthusiasm for private foreign investments in
infrastructure development with the dawn of peace in the country.
Mitchell Consortium, a multi-national consortium from Australia with
partners from Brazil and Sri Lanka has made an unsolicited proposal to
locate a zone which includes coke plant, an iron ore palletizing plant,
a manufacturing plant and machinery, a sugar refinery etc, the
Government website said. As such a project needs an area with terminal
facilities it was decided to establish this special zone for heavy
industry at Sampur in Trincomalee on a land extent of 97 sq km.
On a proposal by the President, the Cabinet approval was granted for
the Consortium to conduct feasibility studies and submit their reports
to the Government. Investment for Phase I of the project will be US $
700 million. |