ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, announced that its project to develop a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, has reached 50 percent construction completion. Over 4,000 Guineans, 90 percent from the Boké region, are currently working to construct the ...

PARIS / WAM The Ministry of Economy (MoE), represented by the International Centre for Patent Registration, and the French Ministry of Economy, represented by the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve the competitiveness of small and media-sized enterprises (SMEs), and promote intellectual property awareness in both countries. The MoU aims to promote cooperation ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and Abu Dhabi’s Smart Solutions and Services Authority (ADS-SSA), have implemented the ‘Tamm’ system, which will shor-ten the process of obtaining an economic licence from eight steps to only one, without need to visit any government entity. This is in line with the recent social and economic initiatives of ...