Subscribe Read Now Advertise Now ← Back Home / Sector News / Construction / Construction Home 4TH MAY 2017 BY: MEGAN VAN WYNGAARDT CREAMER MEDIA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ONLINE SAVE THIS ARTICLE EMAIL THIS ARTICLE FONT SIZE: - + A ABB clinches $30m contract to upgrade DRC electricity link utomation technology company ABB has been contracted by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ( DRC’s) national electricity company Société nationale d'électricité (SNEL) to partially upgrade its Inga- Kolwezi high- voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link. The $30-million contract forms part of the country’s reliability improvement, rehabilitation and reinforcement of the SNEL production and transport infrastructures, or FRIPT, project – financed by Glencore and managed by Congo Energy, a subsidiary of Forrest Group International. ADVERTISEMENT R/€ = 14.59 R/$ = 11.80 Au 1332.40 $/oz Pt 959.50 $/oz Follow @EngNewsZA 13.5K followers HOME LATEST NEWS SECTOR NEWS MAGAZINE VIDEO REPORTS RESEARCH PRESS OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENTS LOGIN Columnists What's On bauma CONEXPO AFRICA Jobs Topics Tenders Apps Supplier's Directory About Us Legal Notice Comment Guidelines Letters Marketing Videos FREE DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTER REGISTER NOW Subscribe Now for R1050 SEARCH By REAL ECONOMY NEWS IN REAL TIME