Infrastructure ME
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Qatar Rail cancels Doha Metro station contract
Consolidated Contractors to continue $1.4bn Major Stations project after previous agreement axed. Qatar Rail has terminated a contract to build key stations...
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Abu Dhabi’s $1.4bn road to Saudi border ‘59% complete’
Mafraq-Ghuwaifat International Highway project on track – officials. A road project worth AED 5.3 billion ($1.4bn) linking Mafraq in Abu Dhabi with...
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Dubai’s RTA approves contract for $28.5m Jafza Bridge
Road bridge to link north and south zones of Jebel Ali Free Zone. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with...
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Oman to build new oil storage terminal near Duqm
First phase of facility will cost $300-400m. The state-owned Oman Oil Company (OOC) plans to spend between $300-400 million on the first...
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Abu Dhabi’s Masdar completes clean energy projects in Egypt
Four projects will power 25,800 homes. The Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has completed the delivery of 30 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale clean energy...
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Qatar Rail and Alstom unveil Lusail tram designs
Traditional themes inspire look of 33m-long trams. Alstom and Qatar Rail have unveiled the design of the Citadis tram, which will circulate...
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Japan’s JICA ‘set to secure second tranche of $340m Cairo Metro loan’
The first phase of Line 4 will be 17km in length. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is close to securing the second...
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Doha Metro: 89% of tunnelling works complete
Lusail Light Rail Transit project also 35% complete, Qatar Rail says. The Doha Metro project crossed 112 million man hours of completed...
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Masdar hits halfway mark in Moroccan solar project
Abu Dhabi company installs 9,000 of 17,670 solar home systems. Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, has completed the installation of...
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Dubai approves $354m sewage plant works
Second phase of Jebel Ali treatment plant gets go ahead. The second phase of a sewage treatment plant in Jebel Ali in...