LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Washington Group International said that negotiations with the US Army Chemical Materials Agency have been completed for additions to Washington Group's contracts at three US chemical weapons demilitarisation plants, with the value of the modifications totaling approximately 2.5 bln usd.
The contracts call for Washington Group to continue to destroy chemical warfare agent and weapons and to also close down operations and related facilities in Alabama, Oregon and Arkansas.
The contract modifications are targeted at maximizing agent and weapons destruction by April 2012, with the closure of facilities to follow.