DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s Kimberly Process Office and the Dubai Central Laboratory, a Dubai Municipality entity, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to further strengthen technical expertise in the testing of rough diamonds entering the country. The agreement was signed by Maryam Al Hashemi, UAE Kimberly Process Director and Director — Precious Metals and Stones, DMCC, and Amin Ahmed ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Transport (ET) has achieved record growth in terms of the number and value of contracts it signed with federal institutions and local authorities during the first half of the current year. The company signed 10 new contracts to provide transportation and rental services with eight government and federal authorities during this period. Abdulghaffar Mohammed Yousef, Accounts ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) on Monday announced a 45 percent increase quarter-on-quarter in trading activity on the exchange’s forward curve and a 33 percent growth in exchange average daily volume (ADV) during the first half of 2019. Forward curve volume reached 208,997 contracts from April 2019 through June 2019 versus 143,703 contracts traded in Q1 2019. Exchange ...