TendersInfo back issues from August 2008:
Untied Arab Emirates: UAE and Oman agree $155m US missile contract.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The UAE and Oman have agreed a $155m contract to buy anti-tank missiles from a joint venture between Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. Under the terms of the agreement, the two US defence giants will deliver Javelin missiles to the two Gulf countries within 18 ...
United Arab Emirates: Riyadh offers incentives for oil majors to support Jizan.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 Kingdom to develop first refinery without the help of Saudi Aramco. Riyadh is to offer oil majors improved crude supply agreements and financial incentives to win support for its planned Jizan oil refinery, as well as the option of developing a ...
United Arab Emirates: BankMuscat outlines overseas expansion plans.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sander03 BankMuscat has agreed a US$166.5 million loan facility for Oman-based Octal Petrochemicals as it prepares to launch a new plastic packaging venture in Salalah Free Zone. The facility is made up of a $148.5m term loan, of which $34.5m has been ...
United Arab Emirates : Divestment ahead of IPO.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Dubai Investments has divested 40 per cent stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary MSharie for Dh1.47 billion ( USD 400 M ) with plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) within the next 18 months, a top company executive said yesterday. MSharie, ...
United Arab Emirates: EADS alliance bodes well for Mubadala.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: kusumv03 By winning an EADS contract to service Airbus, Mubadala has successfully gained entry into the world of aircraft manufacturing. BloombergABU DHABI // In its foray into aircraft manufacturing, an industry with extremely high barriers to entry, Mubadala faces a ...
United Arab Emirates: Besix and Veolia sign Abu Dhabi wastewater deal.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Besix of the Netherlands and France's Veolia have signed a build-own-operate-transfer contract with the Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority. The contract covers the financing, concept, construction and operation of two new wastewater plants in the emirate. ...
United Arab Emirates: Gulf oil wealth to exceed $600b.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sander03 Oil revenue of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members is likely to cross $600 billion in 2008, prolonging the economic and investment boom in the region for the medium term, according to a report by Gulf Finance House. Total government spending in ...
United Arab Emirates: Hamptons International signs valuation contract agreement with Al Hilal Bank.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Hamptons International, the leading one-stop property services company, has signed a valuations contract agreement with Al Hilal Bank the Islamic banking institution wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Under the contract, Al Hilal Bank will include ...
United Arab Emirates: Ajman to invest AED 8.8 billion(USD2.3bn) in infrastructure.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Khaleej Times reported that the UAE emirate of Ajman is investing AED 8.8 billion(USD2.3bn) in various infrastructure projects plus a coal driven power plant. Mr Mohammed Al Zarah vice president of Dubai based Great Properties recently said that ...
United Arab Emirates: ACW Holdings to invest Dh20bn (USD 5.4BN) in three years.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The total investment portfolio of ACW Holdings, a British-managed real estate company, will reach Dh20 billion (USD 5.4BN) in three years' time across the UAE from the current Dh5bn, a top company executive said. "Our total investment in properties ...
united arab emirates : New power and desalination project for GDF SUEZ in the Middle East.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sanjayc03 GDF SUEZ has won the contract and signed for 20 years the Power and Water Purchase agreement for the Shuweihat 2 power generation and seawater desalination plant, a major Independent Power and Water Project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ...
United Arab Emirates: Bonyan sells out Dh5bn (USD 1.3BN) Sama and majority of Eye of Ajman project.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Bonyan International Investment Group (Holding), a real estate developer, said yesterday that it has sold majority of its Dh3.5 billion (USD 951.4MN) Eye of Ajman community development and has completely sold out the Dh5bn (USD 1.3BN) Sama Al Jaddaf project. ...
United Arab Emirates: Dh165 million (USD 45MN) infrastructure-development plan for Sharjah unveiled.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Sharjah Municipality said it is constructing 32 kilometres of roads in Khozamiyah and Tala as part of an infrastructure-development plan in new residential neighbourhoods. Sultan Al Mualla, Assistant Director-General for Governmental Projects and ...
United Arab Emirates: Noor Islamic Bank Signs Membership Agreement with Emcredit for Credit Information Services.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Noor Islamic Bank PJSC today announced it has entered into a membership agreement with Emcredit, the UAE's first private credit information services company. As a full member of Emcredit, Noor Islamic Bank will gain access to detailed and comprehensive credit ...
United Arab Emirates: Aramco offers flexibility on upgrade deals.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 State oil giant Saudi Aramco is departing from its usual contracting policy to offer engineering firms flexible terms on the multi-billion-dollar scheme to cut the sulphur content of gasoline produced at four refineries. Aramco has provisionally ...
United Arab Emirates : Samsung C&T wins $806 mln UAE order.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Samsung C&T Corporation said on Thursday that it had won a 817.9 billion won ($805.8 million) power plant facility order from the United Arab Emirates. Samsung said in a filing with the Korea Exchange that it had signed a ...
United Arab Emirates : Doosan Heavy wins $800 mln UAE order.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 South Koreas Doosan Heavy Industries Co (034020.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it had won a $800 million order to build a water desalination facility in the United Arab Emirates. Doosan said in a statement that it had signed ...
United Arab Emirates : GDF Suez wins Shuweihat 2.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 GDF Suez has signed a 20-year Power and Water Purchase Agreement for the Shuweihat 2 power generation and seawater desalination plant in Abu Dhabi. Shuweihat 2, independent power and water project (IPWP), is a greenfield, natural gas-fired ...
United Arab Emirates: GE in deal to supply power equipment for largest single-site aluminum plant.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 GE Energy has received a contract of more than $500 million (SR1.837 billion) to supply equipment to power the world s largest aluminum processing complex at a single site. The Emirates Aluminum (EMAL) production facility is located close to the Arabian Gulf near ...
Durbin introduces bill to aid Amtrak meet growing demand.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: shrishail98 As the aviation industry announces their intention to cut 30,000 jobs in the wake of rapidly rising jet fuel prices, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation that would create jobs and help Amtrak meet the increasing demand for an ...
UAE investors eye stake in Deutsche Bahn.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: shrishail98 Deutsche Bahn chief executive Hartmut Mehdorn and chief financial officer Diethelm Sack recently met institutional investors in Dubai and Abu Dhabi about taking stakes in the rail operator, a magazine reported. A spokesman for the German rail operator, which ...
United Arab Emirates: GDF Suez wins Abu Dhabi deal.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: kavita03 GDF Suez said yesterday it has won a power generation and water desalination project in Abu Dhabi as the emirate brings in independent operators to cope with the rising utility demand. Located at Jebel Dhana, 250 kilometres west of Abu Dhabi city, the ...
United Arab Emirates: Besix to develop Abu Dhabi wastewater plants.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sandesh03 Belgium-based Besix Group and Adwea have signed a joint venture agreement to build two wastewater treatment plants in the Abu Dhabi on build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) basis, a report said. Adwea has signed the Dh3 billion (USD 816 million) ...
Afghanistan: Jordan Aviation signs lease deal.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Jordan Aviation has signed an agreement with Safi Airways whereby the group will lease its B737-300 aircraft on an ACMI basis. The agreement begins this month and operates on a renewable ...
Angola: EDEL to Build New Power Substations Amounted at USD 100 Million.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The state-owned Luanda Power Supply Company (EDEL) will start building next year new substations in the country's capital city, to allow a better distribution of electricity produced by Capanda hydroelectric dam, in a global investment of USD 100 million. The ...
Angola: Rehabilitation of Urban Infrastructures Analysed.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: deepak03 A roundtable meeting on Construction and rehabilitation of urban infrastructures happens this Thursday in Luanda, co-organised by the Angolan Engineers Association and the ruling MPLA speciality committee of engineers, to analyse actions implemented by the ...
Angola: BP lets USD 1 billion contract for work on Block 31 off Angola.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sandesh03 In a USD 1 billion deal, BP PLC contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to produce the URF-1 risers and production flowlines for its first deepwater oil development on Block 31 off Angola. BP will bring on the Plutao, Saturno, Venus, and Marte fields on stream by ...
Angola: BP secures Angola's USD 10 billion oil developments.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: shabnam05 UK giant BP and its partners were given a green light to kick start one of Angola's largest oil and gas investments, which worths USD 10 billion. Angola, a country that went through more than a decade long war, has been revamping its oil production. It has now ...
Australia: QuantumSphere Nano NiFe Electrodes Accelerate Production of Clean HydrogenBack One.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sanjayc03 QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading developer of advanced catalyst materials, electrode systems, and related technologies for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced electrodes coated with the companys Nano NiFe(tm) catalysts to accelerate the ...
Australia: PT Indika H1 net profit up by 211% YoY.(Financial report)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 PT Indika Energy has posted net profit of IDR 492 billion(USD54mn) in January to June 2008 period up by 211.4% YoY as against IDR 158 billion(USD17mn) in January to June 2007 period because of record prices of the fuel and demand for energy infrastructure ...
Australia: BG expected to raise Origin takeover bid.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 The UK natural gas producer BG Group is likely to raise its hostile takeover bid for power retailer Origin Energy, according to analysts. Origin, Australia's second largest power retailer, has knocked back the $13.7 billion offer on the basis it undervalues the ...
Australia: Apache gas production ahead of schedule.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 Apache Energy Ltd says partial production from its Varanus Island gas processing plant in Western Australia will resume ahead of schedule. The US-based company said that an initial production rate of 110 million cubic feet (mmcf) per day would be ...
Australia: Independent expert finds Anzon and Roc merger fair and reasonable.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 On 16 June 2008 Anzon Energy Limited (AEL) and Roc Oil Company Limited (ROC) announced their intention to merge by way of scheme of arrangement. The Federal Court of Australia has today ordered the convening of a meeting of shareholders of AEL to enable a vote to ...
Australia: Mitsubishi could up stake in Oakajee.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Murchison Metals Ltds partner for the Oakajee port development in Western Australia, Mitsubishi Corporation, says it could be interested in taking a controlling stake in the $3.5 billion project. The joint venture company for the infrastructure ...
Australia: Geothermal plans positive.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: prashant03 A GEOTHERMAL exploration company is confident it will be successful with a shallow drilling program near St Arnaud due to start in early 2009. Geogen Victoria has been investigating a range of granites and other geological anomalies in its ...
Australia: Darwin firming for Woodside gas deal.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 DARWIN is firming as the favoured location for another gas venture with Woodside Petroleum going cold on an East Timor plant for its Greater Sunrise fields. The West Australian-based resources company has all but ruled out building a $15billion ...
Australia: BHP uses ship grounding to defend rail monopoly.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 BHP Billiton says the grounding of a ship at the Port Hedland harbour illustrates why third parties should not be given access to its rail network in the Pilbara. Ship movements in or out of the Port Hedland harbour, BHP Billitons key iron ore port, ...
Australia: BHP to prevent FMG from accessing railway in WA.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 It is reported that mining giant BHP Billiton has gone to the High Court in a bid to prevent rival Fortescue from gaining access to its Goldsworthy railway line in Western Australia. The Goldsworthy line was built by BHP to link remote mines in the Pilbara region ...
Australian: FMG shareholder sells USD 226 million stake.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Reuters citing a source familiar with the deal reported that a large shareholder in Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group sold AUD 240 million(USD224mn) worth of his stake to local and overseas investors. The report added that the ...
Australia: New plant research centre to tackle climate change.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 A plant research centre has been launched in Canberra aimed at tackling major global challenges such as climate change. The Australian High Resolution Phenomics Centre will be built at the CSIRO at a cost of about $10 million. Chief ...
Australia: Coalition emissions trading talks.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 THE Federal Governments proposed emissions trading scheme dominated discussion as the first Coalition meetings attended by new Gippsland MHR Darren Chester. After discussions which Mr Chester described as ``robust, the Coalition supported the schemes ...
Australia: United Groups wins water supply projects.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sandesh03 The contracts will deliver more than 50 separate water supply projects in Melbourne over the next five years.UNITED Group has won $300m worth of water projects across Australia and South East Asia. The contracts include deals with Baulderstone ...
Australia: Developer moves on Brisbane industrial port.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Developer Australand has won a bid to develop the first release of land at Brisbane's largest urban renewal project, located on a chunk of former industrial port land at Hamilton. In a joint venture with BOS International, the developer successfully ...
Australia: Snowy Hydro boss urged to quit over privatisation push.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: prashant03 The boss of the Snowy Hydro company is under attack for his continued push to have the Cooma-based business privatised. Terry Charlton used the latest issue of the Snowy Hydro newsletter, delivered to thousands of homes in and around the Snowy ...
Australia: Evraz, China Metallurgical sign JV deal for Cape Lambert iron ore project.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Russian steelmaker Evraz Group said it has signed a joint venture agreement with China Metallurgical Group Corp to develop the Cape Lambert iron ore project in Western Australia. The project comprises a 1.56 bln ton magnetite iron ore resource with a ...
Australia: Cashed-up AWE explores expansion.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 AUSTRALIAN Worldwide Exploration, flush with cash before a planned merger with Arc Energy, has its sights on more acquisitions, and is not ruling out moving into coal seam gas. In the last quarter, the company made $254 million from 2.48 million ...
Australia: Allco inks debt facility deal.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sander03 Allco Finance Group is close to signing a new senior debt facility with the investment firms 12 syndicate banks, which have all obtained internal approval for the agreement. The facility requires final documentation and will replace Allcos existing ...
australia : PetroSun Algae-to-Biofuels Update.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sandesh03 PetroSun, Inc. announced today the following updates for its algae-to-biofuels division. Australian Operations The Letter of Intent between the PetroSun and Icon Energy was recently terminated by mutual consent. The companies are negotiating a new ...
Australia : Evraz Form Agreement to Develop Australian Iron Ore.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: manish03 Evraz Group S.A. today announced the signing of a Co-operation Agreement with China Metallurgical Group Corporation ( MCC ) for the joint development of the Cape Lambert Iron Ore Project ( the Project ) located in the Northern coastal Pilbara region of Western ...
Australia: GE To Build Australian Clean Coal Power Plant.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 General Electric Co. (GE), the world's biggest maker of power generation equipment, Wednesday said it was in talks with utilities in two Australian states to build a US$3 billion "clean coal" power plant in the country that would store carbon dioxide underground ....
Australia: Garson Gold Closes $2.15 Million Financing.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Garson Gold Corp. announces it has closed a secured, 2 year convertible debenture financing in the amount of $2,150,000 with the RMB Resources division of RMB Australia. The Debenture may, at any time prior to maturity and at the option of the holder, ...
Australia: Crescent Resources Signs Letter Agreement to Acquire Major Potash Exploration Project in Western Australia.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 Crescent Resources Corp. has signed a letter agreement with Australian Potash Company Pty Ltd. ("APC") and its shareholders to acquire up to a 100% direct and indirect interest in 12 licenses known as the Carnarvon Basin Project, an exploration property covering ...
Australia: AtCor signs new pharmaceutical trials contracts.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 AtCor Medical has signed two new agreements to supply SphygmoCor systems and clinical trial support services to an international pharmaceutical company. The minimum total value of these contracts is $1.6 million, the majority of which will be recognized in the ...
Australia: Yellowfin seeks resellers for BI product.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: datta303 Australian-owned Business Intelligence developer, Yellowfin, has taken two mature technologies - BI and GIS - and combined them to create its flagship solution, Yellowfin Business Intelligence 4.0. According to CEO Glen Rabie (pictured), Yellowfin is ...
Australia: Delays dog construction of Geelongs neew Leisurelink facility.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: shiv03 Post to Stumble Upon Post to Facebook The City of Greater Geelong has admitted the construction of the flagship USD 30 million Leisurelink Aquatic Centre at Waurn Ponds has been delayed. The site, on the corner of the Princes Highway and Pioneer Rd, has been ...
Australia: Roc Oil reports record oil prices, production over 10,000 BOEPD.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 ROC announced its proposed merger with Anzon Energy Limited and its off-market takeover offer for Anzon Australia Limited. If successful, ROC's business and future growth profile will be transformed, with 2P Reserves increasing by over 135% and 2008 production ...
Australia: SAPEX fires up Seismic in Australia's Arckaringa Basin.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: pinto03 SPEX Limited announced that Terrex Seismic resumed recording of seismic data on July 27, 2008 as part of the extensive program commenced in May 2008. The current seismic activity will consist of 218.85 km to obtain regional data and seek evidence of a southern ...
Australia: Synchro Signs Exclusive Partnership With Primavera in Australia.(Company overview)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: shiv03 Synchro Ltd, a global leader in 4D construction project delivery simulation, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Primavera Australia Ltd to represent Synchro products across Asia Pacific. Jim Fairchild, Managing Director, ...
Australia: Xanita partners with Dalton Paper in Australia.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sujit03 Xanita are very pleased to announce the appointment of Dalton Paper as the exclusive distributor of X-Board in Australia. Now sold in 24 countries, VOC-Free and 100% repulpable X-Board is fast being embraced by hundreds of flatbed printers around the world ...
Australia: Web Developer - 3 month contract.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sujit03 Are you an experienced Web Developer/Analyst Programmer with Graphical Design skills? Have a consultative approach to providing technical and analytical assistance in identification of opportunities and solutions to system problems and delivering business ...
Australia: Experians CheetahMail Launches in Australia.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: yunus05 Experian, the global information services company, today announced the launch of Experian CheetahMail in Australia. Used by many of the world s largest consumer brands, Experian CheetahMail is a leading global provider of email marketing and customer intelligence ...
Azerbaijan: EBRD mission held Baku talks about equity stake in Milli Kart card-processing company.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 Milli Kart LLC (MK) that repurchased in 2006 the cards processing centre of the same name from the National Bank of Azerbaijan is finishing preparing for a deal with the European Bank of Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) for sale of an equity stake.MK executive ...
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan Ministry of Finance placed T-bills by another AZN 3.1 million.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: sander03 the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan raised totally AZN 3.097 million due to extra placement of this year s 45th issue of state short-term bonds (T-bills) at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE). Overall earning from additional placement of four issues on ...
Azerbaijan: At last Azerbaijan started choice of contractor for Samur-Yalama National Park.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 The Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources (MENR) of Azerbaijan has started the process (dragged out since October 2007) of selection of the contractor for the Samur-Yalama National Park Project in Azerbaijan financed by the German bank KfW Ecoregional ...
Azerbaijan: International Insurance Company obtained 140% rise of premiums.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mamta03 In the first half of 2008 premiums of International Insurance Company (Azerbaijan) topped 2.4 fold the 2007 same period index. IIC chairman of board Feyruz Novruzov said that following the past half-year their premiums totaled about AZN 9.35 million ....