MADINA – Forty percent of asphalt road projects in the Kingdom have been either delayed or canceled as a result of an asphalt components crisis, according to contractors who feel that the crisis is going to affect some vital projects this year. Saudi Aramco has called for a meeting with the National Contractors Committee at the Dammam Chamber for Commerce and Industry on Sunday to discuss the problem.
The meeting is being held after an official letter sent by Abdullah Al-Ammar, head of the national committee, requested an immediate meeting with the sales management and the technical support department in the company to resolve the crisis in a way that guarantees the continuity of the asphalt projects in the Kingdom.
Eng. Mustafa Al-Mahdi, director of sales management and logistic support in Aramco, has been chosen to represent the company in the meeting with the committee’s members.-Okaz/SG