KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) has been pre-qualified for the proposed construction of an RM800 million waste-to-energy incinerator project in Taman Beringin, Kepong here.

Imran Salim, MRCB group chief operating officer, said the group had passed the pre-qualifying stage for the incinerator project and was preparing to send in its final submission.

"We have pre-qualified and now we are going for the full tender," Imran told reporters after MRCB's ground-breaking ceremony for an overhead bridge project.

Imran, however, refused to confirm if the group was among four shortlisted firms for the  construction of the incinerator.

Last September, The Edge Financial Daily, quoting sources, reported that MRCB, UEM Environment Sdn Bhd, DRB-Hicom Bhd and Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd had been shortlisted for the project.

It was reported then that the four companies had beaten 29 other competitors.

Today, MRCB's Imran said: "I am not going to confirm. If we know, we will announce," he said.

When asked if MRCB is confident of winning the project, Imran jokingly said he would "leave it to God."

Besides the incinerator project, Imran said MRCB was also actively bidding for multiple construction jobs worth more than RM100 million, with a minimum of 10 tenders each month.

He said MRCB's construction order book currently stood at a range of RM3 billion to RM5 billion.

At 3.37pm, MRCB shares fell four sen or 2.6% to RM1.51 for a market capitalisation of RM2.66 billion.