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GOIL Bitumen Plant 82% Ready A bitumen plant under construction by state-owned oil company, Goil, is expected to be completed in September this year. Currently, 82 per cent of the work — which is being done in partnership with Societe Multinationale de Bitumes (SMB) of Cote d’Ivoire — has been completed, according to the managers of the project. The plant, expected to have a storage capacity of 6,000 metric tonnes of base bitumen, is being constructed at $35 million, and will have a production capacity of 240 metric tonnes per day for each of the bitumen emulsion and the…