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...“The difference is, China is actually building this stuff whereas virtually none of the projects outside of China are under construction,” he said....
...The project envisages cheap electricity being shipped around the world — from dams in Congo to Europe....
...Most of the world’s sand used in construction comes from rivers....
...From there, he tried his luck in New York, attracted by the construction of the UN headquarters and the idealistic mission of a building dedicated to peace....
...Over the next 45 years, the country spent billions building the Delta Works: a network of dams, dykes, sluices and storm barriers that is unmatched worldwide....
...His long-term vision is the construction of habitats known as “O’Neill colonies”, which he argued would be needed because of resource depletion on earth. “We will run out of energy,” he said....
...We listen to a lecture about how water pressure from the dam generates enough power to keep Las Vegas’s lights ablaze day and night, and the number of workers who were killed in its construction....
...The economic calendar is living up to the sleepy August stereotype (all times London): 09.00: eurozone June current account10.00: eurozone June construction output13.00: Poland July retail sales...
...Aside from Sinopec, Chinese companies buying assets in Brazil range from China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the builder of the dam of the same name, and energy transmission specialist State Grid Corp...
...Martin van Dam, Inter Ikea’s chief financial officer, says Kamprad’s comments on tax as a cost “stuck to him”....
...The Boundary Dam plant in Canada has found a way round the funding problem....
...Some have found themselves in political quagmires – including when Myanmar’s civilian government blocked planned construction of a huge dam by a Chinese group....
...About 6,500 square miles of parched agricultural land are due to receive irrigation under a scheme that envisages the construction of 22 dams and 19 hydraulic power plants....
...Inga III, along with renovation work on Inga I and II and the construction of a further four to six dams and related infrastructures, will culminate in a 40,000 MW hydro system whose output will be double...
...The three top internal candidates are Ross McEwan, Bruce van Saun, and Chris Sullivan....
...Verizon vans and industrial-sized power generators lined the area’s winding streets. From the roof of 30 Vesey Street the hustle was obvious....
...“My view is that once we get beyond this period of nervousness we will see a lot of pent-up demand for steel – it will be like the bursting of a dam.”...
...Mr Kandasoglu’s own construction business is benefiting from government projects to build new hospitals, schools, roads and dams. But the regional economy remains dependent on the public sector....
...“New builds” are logical for Jumeirah given that “the variance is minor between converting [existing hotels] and new construction,” Mr van der Post added....
...The city has several mixed-use projects, including huge hotel, office and retail projects around Istanbul’s historic waterfront, under construction or planned....
...Jean-Charles Decaux, co-chief executive, said talk that the contract would be awarded jointly to Spain’s Cemusa and US group Van Wagner were wrong....
...Many in the media sector and in Washington now expect Mr Martin named FCC chairman by the Bush administration following the departure of Michael Powell earlier this year to put the construction of new media...
...WMC’s jewel is Olympic Dam in South Australia, a mine sitting on more than one-third of the world’s uranium reserves....
...Northgate, the UK’s largest van rental company, slipped 6 per cent to 868½p as it said the market for selling on second-hand vans had softened....
...Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive, and Peter Voser, finance director, have top conference call billing. There is nothing sinister, however, about Brinded's absence....
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