JOHANNESBURG--September 9, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Toward the end of last week, steel and iron factories in Egypt's Attaqa and northwest Suez areas suffered major losses, amounting to millions of dollars, due to sudden power outages that affected about 45% of the country's grid capacity. All iron and steel production in northwest Suez stopped; shift work ceased from Thursday morning to early Friday.

Within this article: Details of attempts by Egypt to cope with its power shortfalls.