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ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
INDEXThe
Dubai-headquartered
telecom
operator du is part of a 15-strong
international consortium to build the
Sea-Me-We 5 undersea cable system. The
20,000km system will connect 15 countries
from Southeast Asia to Europe, and will
branch to the UAE through du’s landing
station in Fujairah.
The SEA-ME-WE 5 system is expected to
be carrying commercial traffic by early
2016. Fully loaded, it will be capable of
carrying 24,000Gbps, and is designed to
provide upgradable transmission facilities
by adopting 100Gbps technology.
“Through this we would like to be a key
player in leading our country’s aspirations in
becoming a business hub, taking the lead
in e-governance, smart city initiatives in
addition contributing to the UAE readiness
to host historical events like Expo 2020,”
said Fareed Faraidooni – chief operations
officer, du.
The operator already has investments in
two other cable systems: Meets (Middle
East-Europe terrestrial system) is a terrestrial
network in partnership with three other
regional operators — Zain, Zajil and
VodafoneQatar; and the EIG (Europe India
gateway) submarine cable, represented
by a 16-member consortium of regional
and international operators.
Multi-nation cabling
Hyundai Steel Company will build a new
combinedwirerodandbarmill inthecityof
Dangjin in South Chungcheong province,
South Korea. German manufacturer
Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG will supply
a reducing and sizing block as the finishing
mill for the bar line.
The mill, with an annual production
capacity of 800,000 tonnes, will mainly
supply bar in engineered steel grades to
the Hyundai Motor Company.
The 5-stand heavy-duty block RSB AUL
(adjustable under load), with a nominal
roll diameter of 370mm, features the 3-roll
design and is equippedwith a closed-loop
size control systemand high speed remote
control of passes and guides of the 3-roll
stands in the mill line.
On completion the reducing and sizing
block will finish roll the total production
of straight and coiled bar in all sizes from
16mm to 100mm diameter.
New wire rod and bar mill