Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- SolarWorld AG, together with its partners, will produce up to 8,000 tons of silicon per annum in Qatar in the future. Its joint venture Qatar Solar Technologies awarded a contract for the construction of a silicon factory there to India’s Punj Lloyd Group. The total investment amounts to $1 billion.

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