(Yicai Global) July 5 -- China's Tong-Da Cable has won a USD14.3 million deal to supply a state power transmission project in Pakistan, further helping the wire and cable maker to expand its international presence.

Tong-Da Cable secured the contract with Pakistan's monopoly power network operator National Transmission and Dispatch, the Henan province-based company said in a statement yesterday. Under the agreement, the firm will make delivery in 180 days.

The cables will be used for a 500 kilovolt DC transmission line connecting National Transmission's Hubco power plant in southwestern Balochistan province to the Jamshoro substation in southeastern Sind province in the capital and port city of Karachi. The consignment will include 4,128 kilometers of aluminum alloy wire and 247 km of aluminum-clad steel strand, the company said.

National Transmission runs and maintains 14,500 kilovolt and 38,220 kV power grids in the country, including 5,111 km of 500 kV transmission lines and 9,686 km of 220 kV lines, the statement added.

Editor: Ben Armour