ABU DHABI/ WAM Aldar Properties (“Aldar”) has announced the awarding of 49 contracts, totalling AED22 billion, for a series of projects, including infrastructure, residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments across Abu Dhabi in 2023. The contracts were awarded to 36 UAE-based companies with almost 50% of the value – AED 10.5 billion – being recirculated to the local economy, in line ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubatt Battery Recycling’s fully integrated battery recycling plant — the first of its kind in the UAE — has been formally inaugurated at Dubai Industrial City, part of TECOM Group PJSC. Present at the inauguration were Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy; Dr Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak Al Shamsi, Minister of Climate Change and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation announced the distribution of 20,000 winter kits to 13 countries around the world. This initiative, part of their “Winter Bag” programme, aims to ease the burden of winter for low-income families globally. This year’s programme encompasses diverse countries across regions, including Jordan, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Chad, Ethiopia, Kosovo, Albania, ...