DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates has unveiled multi-faceted measures for employee and customer care at every step of the travel journey, redefining safety and hygiene standards on board and on the ground. The new measures took effect, with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations. “Emirates is implementing a comprehensive set of measures at every step of ...
Read More »Tadweer launches mobile medical waste incinerators
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) announced the operation of three mobile medical waste incinerators in Abu Dhabi to support the precautionary measures taken by various healthcare entities to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus outbreak. The incinerators are operated at Al Mafraq Hospital and the recently launched field hospitals in Abu Dhabi including the field hospital ...
Read More »Mubadala leverages assets to make Covid-19 protective gears
Abu Dhabi / WAM Mubadala Healthcare and Strata Manufacturing (Strata) – Mubadala’s composite aero-structures manufacturing company – are collaborating to manufacture essential medical supplies and support the fight against Covid-19, utilising additive manufacturing to produce intubation capsule, face shields and ear guards. The cooperation is part of Mubadala’s #WeAreDedicated campaign aimed at fostering collaboration across diverse enterprises and sectors to ...
Read More »New Al Ghaith factory to recycle 60 tonnes of CO2 daily for industrial use
ABU DHABI / WAM ZonesCorp announced the opening of a factory that produces liquefied carbon dioxide, which is widely used in several food and manufacturing industries. Launched by Al Ghaith Industries within the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi I (ICAD I), the new facility covers a total area of 100,000 square metres and has a total production capacity of 60 ...
Read More »Sheikha Fatima greets people on Eid Al Fitr
Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, has congratulated UAE citizens and residents on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. HH Sheikha Fatima urged the public to adhere to the country’s precautionary measures to preserve their ...
Read More »UAE sends medical relief to the Union of Comoros to fight virus
ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Thursday sent an aid plane carrying seven metric tons of medical supplies to Union of the Comoros. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Commenting on the aid delivery, Saeed Mohammed Saeed Al Maqbali, UAE Ambassador to Union of the Comoros, said, ...
Read More »UAE’s banks among top performing in GCC: KPMG
DUBAI / WAM KPMG released the results of its fifth edition of the ‘GCC listed banks’ report, which analyses the published results of listed commercial banks across the region for the year ended December 31, 2019. The report, titled ‘New Age Banking’, has found that the UAE’s top ten banks reported positive results in 2019, with an average 13.9 percent ...
Read More »Total’s Mozambique LNG to sign $15b financing in June
Bloomberg A Total SA-led liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique will receive commitments for about $15 billion of financing at a signing scheduled in June, marking rare progress for such a project as companies scrutinise costs. The first and most significant phase of the financing commitment for the LNG project — which will be Africa’s biggest private investment yet — ...
Read More »UK grid struggles as renewables overtake fossil fuels, says study
Bloomberg The UK transmission network is under pressure as it grapples with a flood of green power and lower demand, according to new research published on Thursday. Intermittent renewables supplied more than 40% of electricity during first quarter of 2020, overtaking fossil fuels for the first time, according to the Electric Insights report, commissioned by Drax Group Plc and researched ...
Read More »India’s oil demand stays weak as its economy falters amid virus lockdown
Bloomberg It’s going to take months for oil demand in the world’s third biggest market to get back to pre-virus levels as India faces its deepest recession ever in the wake of its near two-month lockdown. Once the engine of global oil demand growth, India’s fuel consumption collapsed by as much as 70% at one stage last month as it ...
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