Nidal Qatamin

Built World

Chaired the October 22 meeting of the higher government committee for the railway

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed broke ground at Aqaba on October 5 on a 403-kilometre railway from the country's phosphate and potash mines. Official announcements put the network at about $2.5 billion; the 360-kilometre agreement signed in July was for $2.3 billion.

Updated Oct 25