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DuPont doPower DuPont has inaugurated its largest solar installation. The 4.5 MW plant at DuPont’s Cernay facility features 18,400 crystalline silicon solar panels over 15 acres, and is one of 13 solar facilities worldwide on DuPont land. The solar panels, manufactured by Jinko Solar, feature advanced DuPont materials designed to improve the power output, durability and return on investment for solar energy systems. The Cernay installation was connected to the grid in March 2014 and is expected to produce 5,000,000kWh of electricity each year. The project was developed by Hanau Energies, a French project developer and investor in solar installations, and was built in the record time of two months. “We are extremely proud to partner with a global player like DuPont on this project in France,” said Jean-Luc Westphal, president, Hanau Energies. “The solar park in Cernay is a perfect illustration for how advanced and reliable technology and best practices in installation, operations and maintenance can be put into practice.” Martin Virot, country leader, DuPont France, said: “We are pleased to see this project realised in France, leveraging our advanced materials to ensure a well-performing, long-term source of electricity as we strive to meet the growing global energy demand more sustainably.” DuPont – USA Website : www.dupont.com

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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) will extend the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) to Cambodia to provide reliable, 15Tbps capacity communication infrastructure for the increasing number of multinational companies operating in the Mekong region. The extension is based on an agreement that NTT Com has reached with Chuan Wei (Cambodia) Co Ltd. Under the agreement, NTT Com will lay Cambodia’s first submarine optical fibre cable. The ASE will connect Cambodia and other countries in the greater Mekong sub-region with major locations in Asia, Asian cable extension

including Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. In addition, the company is expanding its number of ASE connection points and Nexcenter global data centres in Southeast Asia to provide network, data centre and cloud services in end-to-end solutions. The 7,800km ASE submarine cable is routed away from the Bashi Channel and the south coast of Taiwan, both areas that frequently experience earthquakes and typhoons, and will take the shortest route of any submarine cable connecting Japan to Hong Kong and Singapore. NTT Communications Corporation – Japan Website : www.ntt.com

Thailand imposes anti-dumping duties Thailand’s ministry of commerce has announced its decision to impose final anti-dumping duties of between 5.17 and 33.98 per cent on alloy-added high carbon wire rods imported from China. The duties became effective from 17 th May and will be in force for five years. A duty rate of 5.17 per cent will be imposed on products from Zhangjiagang Shajing Steel Co and Zhangjiagang Hongxing High Wire, exported through trading company Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co. Duties of 10.38 per cent will be imposed on products from Qingdao Iron and Steel Co. Duty of 5.78 per cent will be imposed on products from Benxi Beiying Iron and Steel Group, exported from its affiliate Benxi Beiying Iron and Steel Group Import and Export Corporation.

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