BANGKOK / WAM In the latest bout of sell-offs that are shaking world markets as investors fret over the state of the US economy, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged 12.4 percent on Monday. The Nikkei closed down 4,451.28 points at 31,458.42. The market’s broader TOPIX index fell 12.8 percent as selling picked up in the afternoon, the Associated …

ABU DHABI/WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) today announced the world’s first bauxite cargo shipment using a Liquefied Natural Gas-fuelled (LNG) vessel. The shipment, in a Capesize ship, carries bauxite mined by EGA subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation to a customer in China. LNG-fuelled ships can achieve up to 28 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions on a tank-to-wake basis compared to vessels …

ABU DHABI/WAM ADNOC Drilling Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding announced today that their joint venture Enersol (JV) has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in EV Holdings Ltd. (EV) for approximately $45 million from UK-based private equity firm, Dunedin. Completion of the transaction is subject to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals and closing adjustments, after which the EV stake …