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permissions from the Director of Public Work etc, construct access
to the site, level and prepare the ground, construct the various
site buildings, install the plant, equipment and electrical fittings,
and commission the plant. We do not consider it realistic, therefore,
to undertake to bring the plant into operation in a shorter period
than stipulated in the conditions of tender.
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Product Price
This question was covered in our letter dated 29.9.77, copy attached.
Guarantee of Supply
ICI has operating factories in the Philippines for both NG explosives
and slurries and in Taiwan for the production of NG explosives. Each
of these maintains its own storage facilities and in the event of a
prolonged stoppage of the Stonecutter's plant adequate supplies could
be provided from these sources within the one month's storage capacity
for local consumption.
Additional relevant information to ICI's response to this tender is given
below:-
1. ICI is the world's largest producer of industrial blasting explosives,
In addition to its UK operations, its explosives manufacturing
activities include major production units in South Africa, Canada,
Australia, India, Brazil, Zambia, Taiwan and the Philippines. These
supply many of the world's largest mining fields as well as major
operations in the constructional engineering sector and similar
general purpose use markets.
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2. ICI is the longest established supplier of explosives to the Hong Kong
market.