Duqm Chinese investors in Oman on Wednesday laid the first stone of an industrial zone in the sultanate's southern port town of Duqm under a $10.7-billion (10-billion-euro) development plan. Chinese investors signed a deal last year to finance a series of industrial projects on the nearly 12 square-kilometre (5 -square-mile) site on the Indian ocean, 550 kilometres (340 miles) south of the capital Muscat. The first stage of the project is worth $3.2 billion (three billion euros) according to the project's sponsors. It will include a power plant, a drilling equipment factory and hotels. (reuters)
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Chinese investors launch Oman industrial project
Apr 21, 2017
Duqm Chinese investors in Oman on Wednesday laid the first stone of an industrial zone in the sultanate's southern port town of Duqm under a $10.7-billion (10-billion-euro) development plan. Chinese investors signed a deal last year to finance a series of industrial projects on the nearly 12 square-kilometre (5 -square-mile) site on the Indian ocean, 550 kilometres (340 miles) south of the capital Muscat. The first stage of the project is worth $3.2 billion (three billion euros) according to the project's sponsors. It will include a power plant, a drilling equipment factory and hotels. (reuters)