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Value of Dubai Chamber members’ exports to Africa up 20%

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recorded a 20% month-on-month (m-o-m) increase in the value of member companies’ exports to Africa in June, which reached AED 2.94 billion ($800 million). The value of exports and re-exports to Africa, tracked by Certificates of Origin (COOs) issued to Dubai Chamber member companies, signalled a rebound in trade activity ...

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Trump relaxes limits on toxic waste from coal power plants

Bloomberg The Trump administration is relaxing Obama-era requirements stemming toxic heavy metal pollution from coal-fired power plants. Under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule, electricity companies would have more time and flexibility to treat power plant wastewater that contains mercury, arsenic and other toxic heavy metals. Older coal power plants that are shutting down or switching to natural gas by ...

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Total enters Korean floating wind projects

Bloomberg Total SE will team up with Macquarie Group’s green bank to develop more than 2 gigawatts of floating wind farms off South Korea, the latest push by the French oil and gas giant to diversify into clean energy. Total and European peers such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc have vowed to reduce their exposure to fossil ...

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