Dubai / WAM A Norwegian programme to swap plastic waste for financial reward, an online software from Bhutan that calculates healthy, cost-effective school meals sourcing ingredients from local farms, and a Cameroonian project to build sustainable refugee camps are among the 25 projects selected in Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. The 25 success stories – all simple, effective, ...

Bloomberg Seven hundred tons of Russian refinery equipment has just completed a journey worthy of a great explorer. The parts manufactured in Volgograd will be used to upgrade Gazprom Neft PJSC’s Omsk refinery. That’s a trip of 2,599 kilometers by land, but the oversized cargo had to be taken by water. That required a journey of more than 9,000 kilometers ...

Bloomberg Petroleos Mexicanos replaced the head of its trading arm PMI with Ulises Hernandez, formerly an executive of Pemex Exploration and Production, after a mass exodus by former management. Hernandez, previously the head of resources, reserves and partnerships at Pemex, will replace Raul Enrique Galicia, according to a statement. PMI’s crude trading division will also have new management, as Armando ...