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El Sewedy Cables announced that it will establish a low-voltage power cable plant in Yemen. The investment of the project will amount to US$42M and it will be the first cable manufacturer in the country. The capacity of the plant will be 12,000t of copper and aluminium cables per annum. The project, to be build on government leased land and tax exempt for five years, will be a joint venture between El Sewedy Cables (70%) and Hassan & Masoud Abo Gaig (30%).

Nexans, the French cable maker, announced that its new cable plant in Qatar starts commercial production. Nexans's joint venture (JV), the Qatar International Cable Company (QICC) is located in Mesaieed Industrial City, which is 40 km from Doha. The new facility employs more than 100 staff, and it is expected that it will generate annual revenues of more than US$100 million by 2011. Nexans said that the plant will engage in the production of LV, MV and low-end HV power cables for energy infrastructure and building projects. It will also produce special cables for the oil and gas industry. Potential target markets include Qatar, the GCC and Yemen. The power cable plant occupies 19,000 sq.m. on an overall plot of 70,000 sq.m., close to a harbour that is reportedly developing as the largest in the Middle East. QICC was established in 2008, as a JV between Nexans (30%), Special Projects Company and Al Neama Industrial Co.