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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

Multi-nation cabling

The 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. Dubai-headquartered

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