<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (July 15): Sapphire Corporation has clinched new infrastructure contracts worth about RMB 873 million ($175 million) in China.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The contracts were won through construction subsidiary, Ranken Infrastructure.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The projects include a RMB 300 million yuan project to build the Jian Cao Ping flyover that will connect to Metro Line 2, Taiyuan City's first metro line.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The other is the RMB 313 million contract to construct part of the Urumqi Rail Transit Line 2 and the Hama Mountain Station.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The third is the 3.26km Shun He viaduct in Jinan City, valued at RMB210 million and other civil engineering works for metro lines in Chongqing and Chengdu, worth RMB 50 million.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Sapphire says it will continue to accelerate business expansion opportunities by targeting projects for metro, urban rail transit and major land transport infrastructure in China and South-east Asia.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>It is also in talks with governments in South Asia regarding infrastructure business opportunities in the region.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Sapphire Corporation closed flat at 28 cents.</p></div>


SINGAPORE (July 15): Sapphire Corporation has clinched new infrastructure contracts worth about RMB 873 million ($175 million) in China.

The contracts were won through construction subsidiary, Ranken Infrastructure.

The projects include a RMB 300 million yuan project to build ...

Sapphire Corporation wins $175 mil in contracts

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<p>The Japanese government is expected to approve a record initial budget Friday for the next fiscal year that will ramp up spending on defence and support for regional economies.</p>
