TendersInfo back issues from June 2008:
United Arab Emirates: Giga launches USD 544 Million Smart City in Ajman.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Giga Group, one of the leading property developers in the region, on Sunday launched its Smart City project in Ajman. Smart City is a USD 544 Million (Dh 2 billion), freehold residential development comprising eight luxury residential towers. The project is ...
United Arab Emirates: National Engineering Bureau to be consultant on Palm project.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The local National Engineering Bureau (NEB) has been appointed design consultant for two proposed projects on Palm Jebel Ali. The two projects are being developed by the local Azizi Investments, and are located on Crest A and Crest E on the Palm. No details of ...
United Arab Emirates: NBAD arranges loan for Al-Farida.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has arranged an AED450m ($122.5m) syndicated term loan facility for Al-Farida Investments, the UAE-based investment conglomerate, to help fund the firm's expansion. NBAD acted as arranger, co-ordinator and security agent on the ...
United Arab Emirates: More super high-rise towers planned for Reem Island.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Kuwait-based Dar al-Dhabi Real Estate Company has invited selected companies to prequalify for the main building works for two super high rise towers on Reem Island in Abu Dhabi emirate. Located at the marina of Reem Properties' Najmat Abu Dhabi development the ...
United Arab Emirates: Rubber World Industries invests AED 30 million (USD 8.1MN) in new production facility.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Rubber World Industries (RWI), the leading manufacturer of closed-cell rubber insulation 'Gulf-O-flex' in the Gulf and South East Asia and part of the international business conglomerate, the Memon Group of Companies, announced that it has invested AED 30 ...
United Arab Emirates: Tamweel launches investment wing.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Dubai-based Tamweel Properties has established a $109m investment branch to tap into the UAE's booming real estate market. The Islamic mortgage provider already has ...
United Arab Emirates: New specialist insurer to start operations within days.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) licensed Gulf Reinsurance Ltd. (Gulf Re) as an authorised firm on May 28, 2008, to be established in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Gulf Re is a new specialist reinsurer equally-owned by ...
United Arab Emirates : Almulla Hospitality to develop international hotel chain.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Dubai-based Almulla Hospitality plans to develop an international hotel chain with 150 hotels across the globe with around 90 in the Middle East and Mena region of North Africa and 60 in other Muslim dominated regions. The group has tied up with UK-based Jasper ...
United Arab Emirates : UAE's Sorouh Real Estate extends Hill International's contract.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Hill International, a joint venture of Hill and 3D/I+PI has received an extension of its contract by developer Sorouh Real Estate P.J.S.C. to provide project management services during construction of the Shams Abu Dhabi development. The two-year ...
United Arab Emirates : Chapal World unveils Dh10b ( USD 3 B ) project.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Dubai-based developer Chapal World on Sunday launched a Dh10 billion ( USD 3 B ) mixed-use project, Emirates Lake Towers, in Ajman, boosting the company's portfolio to around Dh15 billion ( USD 4 B) .Spread over 21 million square feet, the project will comprise ...
United Arab Emirates : GCC countries to pump Dhs1.4 trillion ( USD 381 B ) in tourism infrastructure.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The investment in tourism infrastructure has significantly increased in Abu Dhabi this year to cater to the growing needs of the rapid expanding tourism sector, a visionary strategy that is accompanied by a keen move to adopt the best practices with the ambition ...
United Arab Emirates : RTA awards a Dhs575m (USD $ 156 Mln) contract of the first stage of Al Khail Rd improvement.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The Board of Directors of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), in a session chaired by H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, approved to award the contract of the Al Khail Road Improvement Project - Phase I, at a cost of ...
United Arab Emirates : Dana Gas and Emarat announce completion of Hamriyah Gas Pipeline Project.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Dana Gas, the Middle East's first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, and Emirates General Petroleum Corporation (Emarat), have announced the completion and inauguration of the Middle East s first common user gas pipeline, located in the ...
United Arab Emirates: Dubai develops district cooling standards.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Work has started on defining standards for the district cooling industry in Dubai. Empower is sponsoring the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers to recommend standards that will apply to district cooling systems in the ...
United Arab Emirates: Metito to expand water treatment facility at Nakheel s International City Project.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Metito, the international desalination, water, and waste water treatment company announced that it has been appointed by Palm Water to double the existing sewage treatment plant capacity at the International City development in Dubai from 5,000 m3/d to 10,000 ...
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabis Masdar selects Applied Materials to Build 210MW of Solar Module Production Capacity.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: sujit03 Applied Materials, Inc. announced that Abu Dhabis Masdar has contracted with it to purchase three SunFab Thin Film Lines for producing solar modules. The company expects SunFab Lines to annually produce modules with a targeted capacity of up to 210 megawatts. ...
United Arab Emirates: Masdar plunges USD 2 billion into solar PV market.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: sujit03 Masdar had announced that it will commit USD 2 billion to start a global production line of thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, with the aim of reaching 1GW a year by 2014. Masdar is a company set up by the Abu Dhabi government in January, to invest the ...
Middle East: Precise Biometrics to deliver Match-on-Card project for Middle East government.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: yunus05 Precise Biometrics has received an order for hardware worth 2.3 million Swedish Krona for a Match-on-Card project. The order is a follow-up from an existing customer in the Middle East and part of a larger order made up of hardware and Precise Match-on-Card ...
Albania: Slovene Telekom buys Albanian telecoms operator.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 Slovenia s national telecoms operator Telekom said on Friday it has bought the Albanian operator H-Communications, but did not disclose the purchase price. This acquisition will ... enable us to cover the entire Albanian territory, Dusan Mitic, vice ...
Albania: World Bank gives money to Albania, Montengro.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 The World Bank today approved a US$4.55 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant (US$1.99 million for Albania, and US$2.56 million for Montenegro) for the joint Albania-Montenegro Lake Skadar-Shkodra Integrated Ecosystem Management Project. The funds will ...
Argentina: Argentinean government to propose change in law to allow telcos to offer triple-play.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 BNamericas writes that Argentina's government plans to pass a law to allow telecoms operators to provide cable TV services. The new bill would allow the state to replace the current broadcasting law which was approved during the last dictatorship in the late ...
Argentina : Argentina guarantees energy supply amid increased consumption due to cold weather.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 The Argentine government guaranteed the supply of energy today amid a sharp increase in consumption rates due to a cold-weather front that is currently affecting the country. The level of reserves is very important. The system is solid , stated the ...
Austria: Telekom Austria upgrades IPTV.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Telekom Austria has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to enhance its IP-based television service to allow it to launch time-shift video broadcasts and high definition TV (HDTV). Customers of the telco s aonTV service will be able to stop live TV broadcasts, take a ...
Austria: Alcatel-Lucent To Enrich Telekom Austria's IPTV Offering.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mohammed05 Telekom Austria has selected Alcatel-Lucent to enrich its IPTV offering. The operator is launching two features - Time shift TV and high-definition TV (HDTV), enhancing the service experience of its aonTV subscribers. One week prior to the start of ...
Australia: Centro confirms $2.8bn loan reprieve.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Centro Properties Group , one of Australia's biggest casualties of the global credit crunch, won more time to repay about $2.8 billion in debt, as the group pursues asset sales to raise cash. Centro, which owns about 700 US shopping malls, ...
Australia: Amcor to sell WA plant.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Packaging giant Amcor Ltd will sell its Perth-based flexible packaging plant to an industry peer for $35 million. The sale of the plant to Integrated Packaging follows Amcor's announcement in April that it will sell two of its European packaging ...
Australia: Arrow shares up 20% on $776m Shell deal.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's largest oil company, has formed a $776 million alliance with coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural gas (LNG) hopeful, Arrow Energy. The oil giant will acquire a 30 per cent interest in Arrow's upstream tenements for ...
Australia: Council faces $1b debt for road, transport needs.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Brisbane City Council must go into debt to the tune of $1 billion in order to fund badly-needed road and transport infrastructure, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says. Cr Newman will argue at tomorrow's council meeting - just one week before his fifth budget - that ...
Australia: Plans to drill for oil off Sydney.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Plans to drill for oil off the NSW coast have been revived because of sky-rocketing world oil prices. In a move that has outraged green groups, an Australian joint venture has announced it will establish a drilling rig 22km offshore between the ...
Australia: Bondi Mining Begins Drilling On North Maureen Project in Queensland.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Bondi Mining Ltd (ASX: BOM) is pleased to announce that drilling has begun on its 100%-owned North Maureen project in North Queensland. A 100-hole reverse circulation drilling program comprising approximately 4000m is planned to test ten target areas ...
Australia: Nextgen swallows Silk to make 'mini NBN'.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 Nextgen Networks has snapped up fibre-network operator Silk Telecom in a bid to increase its network reach and boost growth. The company, a subsidiary of construction company Leighton Holdings, bought up 100 per cent of Silk's shares and all its ...
Australia: Schlumberger Acquires Exclusive Distribution Rights to BabelFish Production Operations Integration Software for Upstream Oil & Gas.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 Schlumberger today announced the acquisition of exclusive distribution rights in the upstream oil and gas industry for the BabelFish production integration software from ISS Group, Ltd. Australia. "The ISS Group technologies complement the ...
Australia: Origin Energy Rejects BG's A$13.62 Billion Takeover Bid.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 Integrated Australian energy company Origin Energy Ltd. ( ORG.AU) Friday rejected a revised A$13.62 billion takeover approach from the U.K.'s BG Group PLC (BG.LN) after more than doubling its reserves of coal seam gas or CSG in Queensland. Origin said ...
Australia: Australian Worldwide Exploration Limited newly added by Dreyfus Founders Passport Fund.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 Dreyfus Founders Passport Fund added the Australian Worldwide Exploration Limited (AWWEF.PK) company to their portfolio, by buying 96,761 shares as shown by filings made public on 2008-05-29. The stock is currently owned by 8 funds/institutions ...
Australia: Mining losses hit local market.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: kusumv03 The Australian share market has responded to falling oil and commodity prices, with miners leading the major indices lower. The All Ordinaries index fell 43 points to 5,774 and the ASX 200 dropped 1 per cent to 5,655. Losses amongst energy ...
Australia: Oil and gas market for aggregation system.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 OILFIELD services company Schlumberger has signed a $17m deal to market ISS Group s processes and operations aggregation system to the oil and gas industry. The BabelFish system not to be confused with the translation service aggregates various ...
Australia: 'Green' power station to get $6.5m revamp.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 Grafton 2460 Grafton's Nymboida hydro-electric power station is to get a $6.5 million upgrade. New South Wales Energy Minister Ian Macdonald says a new substation will be built and a 1.5 kilometre pipeline that supplies water to the facility will be ...
Australia: Groote mining agreement 'could ease NT skill shortage'.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: kusumv03 Australia's peak engineering body is signing a new agreement with the Groote Eylandt Mining Company which could help ease the skills shortage in the Northern Territory. The president of Engineers Australia Julie Hammer is signing a professional ...
Australia: Olympus shows off world's smallest DSLR and super wide, ultra-fast lenses.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: rajesh03 Olympus has shown what it is claiming is the world s thinnest and smallest digital SLR the E-420. The company also showed off its 9-19 mm wide-angle lens and its fast SWD lenses. The E-420 features the Live View function so users can see the images ...
Australia: Grabba takes PDAs and SmartPhones to the next level for enterprise.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Brisbane-based company, Grabba International is working hard to make life easier for business, with its range of attachments for PDAs and SmartPhones. The business success can be attributed to the hard work of our core group of engineers and ...
Australia: DevNet and Netregistery are first Aussie resellers of Google Apps.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 In a first for the region, resellers are bringing the software suite, Google Apps, to Australian businesses with a version specially created for marketing through a channel rather than direct marketing. Web development firm DevNet and leading domain provider ...
Azerbaijan: Azeri Drilling Company has announced a tender for gas well drilling services on Bulla Deniz field.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Azeri Drilling Company LLC has announced tender procedures for services on ship freight necessary while drilling gas development well on Bulla Deniz field in Azeri sector of Caspian Sea. The applicants are to submit a bank reference on participation ...
Azerbaijan: IDB is ready to finance projects in Azerbaijan at total cost of $300 million.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Islamic Development Bank (IDB) increased financing volume and expanded a list of projects in Azerbaijan. IDB Regional Representative Mr. Nick Zeynalabidin said IDB is planning to realize projects in Azerbaijan at the total cost of $300 million ...
Azerbaijan: This year StatoilHydro to implement about 17 social projects in Azerbaijan.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 StatoilHydro KSM Consultant Ms. Sheyda Mekhtiyeva said this year the Company will implement projects on protection of Azerbaijan s culture monuments, opening of amateurish football schools, SME development, creation of women s crisis center, peace and democracy ...
Azerbaijan: Danish Refugees Council to create business conditions for IDPs in Fizuli and Agdam regions.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Danish Refugees Council (DRC) jointly with StatoilHydro launched realizing project on SME development in living areas of IDPs. DRC Project Coordinator Mr. Arzu Abbasov said DRC s purpose in this project is to provide IDPs with social services (in ...
Azerbaijan: WB endorsed disbursal of USD260 million for National Water Supply & Sanitation Project II.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 the World Bank s Board of Executive Directors approved disbursal of two loans for the Second National Water Supply & Sanitation Project in Azerbaijan. The WB reports that in particular the Board endorsed USD260 million USD230 million from the International Bank ...
Azerbaijan: Cost of Nabucco gas pipeline construction climbs up.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shiv03 Nabucco Gas Pipeline International stated some 1.5-fold increase in the cost of the Nabucco gas pipeline to USD12 billion (7.9bln euro). The official web site of the project reported that the cost of Nabucco project climbed up given hike in oil prices and rising ...
Bangladesh: EC keen to support local shipbuilders.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Head of the Delegation of European Commission (EC) Dr. Stefan Frowein said here yesterday that the EC would provide necessary support to the local shipbuilders for letting them relatively stronger footing in the global market. The European Commission ...
Bangladesh: Banglalink network campaign TVC.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mohammed05 With over eight million customers, Banglalink, country's 2nd largest and fastest growing mobile operator in Bangladesh, till date has invested over (USD 1 bn)Tk.4,843 crore in its network. It will continue to focus heavily on enhancement and expansion of the ...
Bangladesh: AKTEL introduces instant news service.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mohammed05 AKTEL, one of the largest telecom operators of the country has recently launched its instant news service. Under this service, AKTEL customers can get the latest news of home and abroad easily from any corner of Bangladesh. For latest news, ...
Bangladesh: Teletalk to expand its network across CHT Malek.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mohammed05 The government has decided in principle to steadily expand the network of the state-owned telecom operator Teletalk in all the 25 upazilas of the three hill districts, as it would be more economical than the expansion of digital telephone exchanges by BTTB, ...
Bangladesh : Dhaka-financed works to start by next June.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The construction work of a 25-kilometre direct road between Bangladesh and Myanmar is likely to begin by the middle of next year. The communications ministry has already started the process of selecting a consulting firm for conducting the feasibility study and ...
Bangladesh: NBR move to attract investment in SME sector.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 Exemption of VAT and extended tax holiday are to be offered to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) sector from the FY- 2008-09. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken initiatives to encourage entrepreneurs to invest more in the SME sector ....
Bangladesh: Grameenphone Sings $600 Million Deal With Chinese Huawei For Network Expansion In Bangladesh.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 Grameenphone, the Bangladesh subsidiary of Norwegian Telenor, has signed a deal with Huawei to develop its infrastructure at a cost of $600 million. Under the deal, the Chinese telecom conglomerate will build a nationwide Global System for Mobile ...
Bangladesh: Unregistered SIM cards in Bangladesh to be de-activated.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 According to a telecoms watchdog, Bangladesh is forcing it's telephone operators to deactive more than one million unregistered SIM cards by Sunday. Bangladesh has been one of the world's fastest growing cellular markets, despite an increasingly poor ...
Bangladesh : Work on B'desh-Myanmar road link to start next year.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The work on the proposed Bangladesh- Myanmar direct road link is expected to start next year as Dhaka has began the process to carryout the feasibility study for the project, aiming to boost trade links with the military-ruled nation, officials and reports said ...
Belgium: Epson(R) Launches Stylus Pro 7900 and 9900 Large Format Printers.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: kavita03 Epson is launching the 24" Stylus Pro 7900 and 44" Stylus Pro 9900, setting a new standard for the professional large format printer market. An improved ink formulation, a new printer mechanism and a raft of new technologies make these two new additions to the ...
Bahrain: Bapco considers refinery expansion.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Multi-billion-dollar investment would increase capacity by more than 100,000 barrels a day. Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) is considering a multi-billion-dollar investment to increase its refinery capacity by more than 100,000 barrels a day (b/d) to 350,000 ...
Bahrain: BDB backs support for SMEs.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: ismail05 A successful Labour Fund (LF) initiated project to provide innovative financing support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom of Bahrain has received a major boost with another financial institution joining the ranks. The Bahrain ...
Bahrain: Manama calls for gas grid to be set up across Gulf states.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 The Bahrain government has called for the creation of a GCC-wide gas pipeline network to allow member states to pool gas supplies for industrial users and power generation. It comes as growth in demand for gas around the Gulf continues to outpace supply, because ...
Brazil: Petrobras - Contracting of 12 ultra-deep water drilling units approved.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Petrobras board has approved the chartering of 12 drilling units designed for use in ultra-deep waters (2,400 to 3,000 meters). Ten of the 12 units will belong to Brazilian companies. Due to the lack of capacity among Brazilian shipyards to build them, all 12 ...
Brazil: Adriana Resources gets approval for port facility in Sepetiba Bay in Brazil.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Adriana Resources Inc announced that it has received the Terms of Reference from the Brazilian Environmental Regulatory Body of the State of Rio de Janeiro of Brazil. On May 28th 2008, FEEMA announced in the Official Gazette that it has provided the ...
Brazil : Sevan Marine wins $975 mln contract from Petrobras.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Norwegian offshore services company Sevan Marine has won a six-year $975 million contract from Petrobras for drilling work offshore Brazil, it said on Monday. "This drilling contract is a confirmation of the long-term relationship between Petrobras ...
Brazil: Petrobras studying block in deep Cuban waters.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: mayur03 Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is studying a block in deep Cuban waters for possible exploration as part of broader cooperation with the Caribbean island, a top advisor to the company said on Friday. "We are planning to cooperate not only in ...
Brazil: Brasil Telecom $200 mln notes foreign currency rating raised to 'Baa3' - Moody's.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: shahma05 Moody's Investors Service said it upgraded the global foreign currency rating of Brasil Telecom S.A.'s $200 million 9.375 percent structured notes due 2014 to 'Baa3' from 'Ba1', concluding its review initiated on March 28. Moody's said the upgrade is ...