News

RIYADH / WAM The Saudi Council of Ministers, chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has approved the largest budget in the Kingdom’s history with SAR1.106 trillion spending in 2019, approximately 7 percent higher than the projected expenditure by the end of the fiscal year 2018. This came in a session held ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and its project partner Cepsa have announced the awarding of a key contract, as both companies move forward with plans to develop a world-scale linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant in the Ruwais Derivatives Park. The LAB project is the first of the derivative units to be advanced under Adnoc’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A total of 22.5 million cheques worth AED1.2 trillion were handled by the UAE Clearing Cheque System during the first 11 months of 2018, according to statistics released by the Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (CBUAE). The cheques handled from January through November account for 80 percent of the total value of cheques handled throughout ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Mubadala and Dubal Holding will sign an agreement worth over AED1 billion to develop a state-of-the-art power block and a water desalination plant at EGA’s smelter at Jebel Ali in Dubai. The new facilities will improve efficiency of power for EGA’s aluminium smelting, reducing environmental emissions and natural gas consum- ption. Mubadala ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) and CSP —Abu Dhabi sign an MoU to strengthen collaboration and ensure smooth transactions between the two facilities. The MoU promises to increase cooperation between two companies, benefitting Abu Dhabi and UAE trade and supporting Abu Dhabi Leadership vision 2030. The two parties will facilitate a significant increase in contribution to ...

Dubai / WAM Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) announced its consolidated financial results for the six month period ended on June 30, having achieved revenues of AED115.1 billion and net profit of AED10 billion. Revenues grew across all operating segments with the largest increases in oil and gas and transportation services. Net profit reached AED10 billion. Net profit benefited from ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The owners of the 402-megawatt (MW) Dudgeon wind farm in Britain’s North Sea, Masdar, Equinor and China Resources Group, have announced the signing of a hybrid refinancing that includes approximately GBP561 million (AED 2.6 billion) of commercial bank debt and GBP706 million (AED 3.275 billion) of senior secured notes privately placed with institutional investors, finally maturing ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC) has expressed full support and solidarity with Saudi Arabia in rejecting recent US Senate resolutions, reaffirming the necessity of all world countries abiding by UN conventions and principles on respecting the sovereignty of world nations and refraining from meddling into the internal affairs of each other. In a statement on Tuesday, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The joint military exercise between the ground forces of the UAE and the United States has concluded. The “Iron Union 9” exercise, which continued for two weeks, comes within the framework of the joint exercises of the UAE Armed Forces with fraternal and friendly countries to enhance their combat skills. The final day of the exercise ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Airline and South African Airways (SAA), are expanding their strategic cooperation with enhancements to its codeshare agreement, opening up new destinations for both Emirates and SAA customers. Pending governmental approval, South African Airways and Emirates have signed an enhanced commercial partnership which will see the relationship between the two carriers grow and strengthen their codeshare agreement ...