Yemen plans two ports to export minerals
The Source: sabanews.net - 06/09/2009
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Yemen has planned to set up two seaports to export minerals in the eastern province of Mahara, allocating 20.6 million square kilometers for the ports, the News Yemen reported on Sunday.
Navigation institutions and passages and terminals would be established at the areas of Qashen and Khelfoot.Owing to the desire of companies to export large quantities of minerals, largely available in the Qashen area, the ministry of Transport and the Arabian Sea Port Corporation have located sites for the ports; conducting studies on them and finalizing procedures for their construction.The Qashen port is known for ship docking and is to be developed now, while the other port will be new.Yemen pins hope on its coast in the Arabian Sea to be a business point
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