WCA November 2015

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African communications get World Bank backing The World Bank has agreed to fund the construction of a $43 million fibre optic cable project to connect Kenya with Africa’s newest nation, South Sudan. Construction of the project, commissioned by Kenya and South Sudan, is expected to help ensure that South Sudan is not left behind in the development of East Africa’s communication infrastructure. The project is expected to be completed in 2019 and will be South Sudan’s first optic fibre cable since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011. Under the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries, the Kenyan government will be responsible for laying the cable to the border with South Sudan, while South Sudan will lay the cable around the country. The World Bank, Africa’s largest funder of ICT projects, expects the cable to improve communications in South Sudan. For Kenya, however, the project is part of the second phase of its inland nationwide network, the National Fiber Optic Backbone infrastructure plan, planned to cover 2,100km and provide a link between all of the country’s county headquarters. World Bank – USA Website : www.worldbank.org New deal in the Nordic states

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MESSKO Nordic AB has taken over the representation of Highvolt Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The Swedish company is member of Reinhausen Group as well as Highvolt, and produces equipment for transformers and switchgear systems. “With Roger Öhngren from Messko as representative we will continue our successful business activities in this region,” said Highvolt’s managing director, Ralf Bergmann. “We expect significant synergy effects for both companies to extend the cooperation with our customers in the fields of transformers, cables, switchgear and testing institutes, to name just a few.” Highvolt designs and manufactures high-voltage and high-current testing systems for the global market, and its

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products are used in the testing of a diversity of power transmission components, such as transformers, cables and switchgear. Highvolt Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH – Germany Website : www.highvolt.de long-term representative of Highvolt, handed over the business to Roger Öhngren (left). Highvolt engineer Tobias Mießler is a contact for customers in Northern Europe ❍ Rolf Persson (right),

Turkish rebar slump The Turkish export rebar steel price fell steeply in mid-September when a major Turkish exporter took control of the month’s sales to the UAE by dropping its price far below expected levels. A UAE trader confirmed that a Turkish mill had sold 30,000mt of rebar at between $350 and $353/mt to several separate buyers, followed by a further 20,000mt the next day at $350/mt. “No one else got bookings,” he said. This filled the anticipated demand in the UAE for Turkish material during September. The Eid festival at the end of the month, and a slower UAE economy, was predicted to cut demand in half from its recent average 100,000 to 120,000mt per month. Sources in the market are doubting that the prices would be repeatable. A Turkish exporter said the offer level was still $370/mt.

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