JORDAN: ARC TO ANNOUNCE AQABA-SHIDIYEH PHOSPHATE MINES RAIL LINK TENDER - OUTLOOK.(Aqaba Railway Corporation )(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: July 16, 2003 | Copyright information

According to oJordan Timeso, the state-run Aqaba Railway Corporation (ARC) announced its intention to float a tender within the coming few months to construct a 22.5-kilometer railway stretch connecting Shidiyeh phosphate mines with the country's main railway network linked with the port city of Aqaba. He pointed out that French company Sistra, a worldwide railway construction firm, completed a study on designing the project last year. According to JPMC's Director General Khalid Sheyyab, the planned stretch will save the company the cost it pays for trucks as the phosphate is ...

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