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The Ethiopian Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) has announced a four year plan to train 80,000 street people in various fields at an estimated cost of 30 million Birr. The project is expected to reduce the number of homeless adults in Ethiopian streets.

Elshadai Relief and Development Association has taken on the task of recruiting homeless adults from the streets of the country. The local NGO will announce the registration process in all towns through notifications posted around towns where the people targeted are said to live. It is expected that a majority of the recruits will be women.

Metals and Engineering Corporation of Ethiopia and NORINCO, Chinese Company have delivered 130 and 185 trains, respectively to the Ethiopian Railway Corporation that carry passengers and freight for the Ethio-Djibouti railway, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

The Metal Engineering Corporation has issued an invitation to all Grade one licensed contractors in Ethiopia to participate in its projects according to sources.

Seven companies of a total of 44, who presented their company profiles in response to the invitation, were selected.

The seven companies include Sunshine Construction plc, Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction plc and Sur Construction plc. The companies will form a consortium to consult the Corporation on its construction processes.

METEC's solar panel factory is to launch production soon, according to Ethiopian News Agency.

The Metehara Sugar Factory, Ethiopia has netted more than 500 million birr from the sale of an estimated 930 thousand quintals of sugar and 7.6 million liters of ethanol in the last financial year.

The company has invested in developing its technical capacity and human resources towards enhancing its production levels in the last fiscal period noted Bizuneh Assefa, Manger of the plant.

Efforts undertaken by the factory include a range of upgrades including the refurbishment of older machinery he said.