TendersInfo back issues from March 2009:
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi puts Zakum offshore production boost on hold.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) is to delay a 100,000-barrel-a-day (b/d) oil production boost at its Lower Zakum field for two years following the sustained drop in oil prices. One source at the offshore oil firm, a subsidiary of Abu ...
United Arab Emirates : Regional Clean Sea board to discuss plans.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The secretariat-general of the Regional Clean Sea Organisation will meet in Dubai to discuss effective policies and plans for the organisation for the coming period. Represented by major oil producers and national and global shipping companies in the ...
Australia: $2.8m deal to wire A-G office.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 ALCATEL-LUCENT and systems integrator Integ have bagged a five-year, $2.8 million contract to fit out the new federal Attorney-General Department's headquarters in Canberra with IP telephony technology.The deal includes maintenance and support over the period ...
Australia : Santos Resumes Production at Australian Oil Field After Storm.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Santos Ltd., Australia s third- biggest oil and gas producer, resumed output at its Mutineer- Exeter oil field off the nation s northwest coast after the storm threat that closed the operation last week eased. Output from the field was halted for ...
Australia: Global financial crisis stalls billions in Defence spending.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 THE global financial crisis has forced the Defence Department to shelve plans to buy billions of dollars of military equipment, including a new $5 billion maritime surveillance system. The economic downturn will also mean the navy will not exercise the option to ...
Australia : Telstra agrees to divest KAZ Group to Fujitsu for A$200 mln.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Telstra Corp. Ltd., a telecommunications and information services company, announced entering into an agreement to sell 100% of the shares in KAZ Group Pty Ltd. to Tokyo-based Fujitsu Ltd. for A$200 million, subject to regulatory ...
Australia: Fujitsu finally buys Telstras KAZ.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Japanese technology giant Fujitsu has finally acquired Telstras KAZ IT services division after what is believed to be several years of on- and off-again negotiations. Announcing the $200 million deal this morning in a statement, Telstras enterprise ...
Bolivia : Bolivia Looks To Lithium To Foster Industrial Economy.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Bolivian President Evo Morales believes that lithium - the world s lightest metal with half the density of water - may help turnaround the poor landlocked nation, which has roughly half of the world s proven lithium reserves. Lithium is used in ...
Canada: RFPs invited for NB forest biomass.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 The government of New Brunswick (N.B.) is taking requests for proposals (RFPs) for Crown forest biomass. Forest biomass consists of tree parts that the forest industry typically doesn't use, like branches, tops and foliage. The parts are used to ...
Canada: First Nation plans to open mill, biomass plant.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 An area First Nations community announced plans that would see forest industry operation open, this comes despite an economy that has seen a number of recent mill closures. Whitesand First Nations Chief Allan Gustafson announced Monday a community ...
Canada : Nortel loses US$5.8B in 2008; Q4 loss of $2.14B includes $2.19B in charges.(Financial report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The indignities keep coming for Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) as it operates under court protection from creditors: a 2008 net loss of US$5.8 billion and no optimism for 2009.Nortel lost more than US$2 billion in the fourth quarter, pulled down by heavy asset ...
Canada: Astronics Corporation Revises Fourth Quarter Results in Response to Expected Bankruptcy Liquidation of Eclipse.(Financial report)
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Astronics Corporation today announced that its previously reported results for the 2008 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008, have been revised to reflect the write off of all remaining assets related to its business with Eclipse Aviation, which ...
China: ASEAN countries sign petroleum security deal.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed here an energy security agreement on Sunday that will ensure their members "the physical availability of oil and oil products through the establishment of stockpiles on voluntary and commercial basis." ...
China: RCG launches RFID solutions into the financial services sector.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 RCG, the company that supplies biometric and radio frequency identification (RFID) products and services mainly into Asia Pacific markets, has launched its RFID technology into the financial services sector. The company recently won contracts to ...
China: Japanese steel mills loose out in CNPC deals.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 It is reported that Japanese integrated steelmakers are thought to have lost out to Chinas Baosteel Co Limited in the recent international tender held by China National Petroleum Corporation to purchase 100,000 tonnes each of X80 UO pipes and X80 heavy plates ...
Germany: IDEX closes with over $5 billion in signed contracts.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 The organizers have expressed their satisfaction with the results of the ninth and most successful International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2009). As the gate closed at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on Thursday, more than 50,000 visitors ...
Germany : Union says Deutsche Telekom wage talks have collapsed.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Deutsche Telekoms (DTEGn.DE) wage bargaining talks with trade union Ver.di collapsed late on Friday, the union said on Saturday, calling for an external mediator to step in. Ver.di lead negotiator Lother Schroeder told reporters the fourth round of ...
Ethiopia: Fast Track Detours for Bole Road Projects.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 As a major part of the preparations to start the Meskel Square-Bole Bridge Road major facelift project, the City Roads Authority will finalize the 2.1Km detour stretching from Wello Sefer (Ethio-China Street) to Meskel Flower (Gabon Street) in a few weeks time. ...
United Kingdom: Broadcast Electronics Partners With Desbell Technology For China Radio Market.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Broadcast Electronics has announced an agreement with Desbell Technology Co., Inc., today that will bring together world-class RF transmitters with expert system integration to benefit radio broadcasting in China. Effective immediately, Desbell Technology, ...
United States: Harris Stratex to buy Telsima Corp. for $12M.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Telecommunications equipment provider Harris Stratex Networks has purchased a small California company in an effort to expand its geographic and technological reach.Harris Stratex (Nasdaq: HSTX), based ...
United Kingdom: Global Traffic Network Announces Closing of Its Purchase of the Unique Broadcasting Company Limited from UBC Media Group.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Global Traffic Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET), a leading provider of custom traffic and news reports to radio and television stations outside the United States, today announced that its United Kingdom subsidiary, Global Traffic Network (UK) Limited, has completed ...
United Kingdom: BRIEF-China Sunergy announces solar cell sales agreement with asola.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 China Sunergy Co., Ltd., a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, today announced that it has entered into a solar cell sales agreement with asola Advanced and Automotive Solar System GmbH ("asola"), a German solar module manufacturing ...
United Kingdom: Buffett fund drops $11.5bn in worst ever year.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Warren Buffett, the US investor dubbed the Sage of Omaha, has lost hundreds of millions of dollars on investments in two Irish banks, he admitted at the weekend, as his Berkshire Hathaway group turned in its worst year on record. In his annual letter ...
United Kingdom: Nurizon Corporation signs exclusive Middle East partnership with Digital Ally, Inc.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Nurizon Corporation signs exclusive representation and distribution agreements with Digital Ally Inc, is a leading global manufacturer for in-vehicle video recording systems for law enforcement and public safety organisations. Christopher Riddell, ...
United Kingdom: Tax havens may face sanctions for not giving data on evaders.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Offshore havens that refuse to hand over information on tax dodgers face an unprecedented campaign of economic sanctions by the world's most powerful countries, which may be agreed at the G20 summit in London next month. The campaign could see ...
Hong Kong: HSBC shares slump on US$18b cash call.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: yunus205 HSBC Holdings' share price plunged yesterday, following a deeply discounted US$17.7 billion rights issue, a slide in profits and a sizeable dividend cut. In intra-day trading in London, the shares collapsed 24 per cent to 373 pence from last Friday's ...
Indonesia: Dubais DAE to lease 8 Boeings to Garuda Indonesia.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing and financial arm of state-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprises, said on Monday it agreed to dry-lease eight Boeing (BA.N) 737-800s to Garuda Indonesia airline. The short-haul aircraft are due to be delivered by Boeing from June ...
Israel : VoIP co VocalTec buys back shares from Cisco.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 VoIP solutions developer VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:VOCL) has bought back its shares held by Cisco Systems International B.V., its largest shareholder. VocalTec bought 1,673,549 of its shares from Cisco, which represented approximately 22.7% of the ...
Israel: Elbit Systems Wins Two Airport Defense Contracts.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 And now, a look into the current state-of-the-art in airport security. Elbit Systems announced Monday its subsidiary, Elbit Security Systems ELSEC, was recently awarded two airport defense contracts. The first project calls for the upgrade of the ...
India: Business as usual at Satyam.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: yunus205 INDIAN IT company Satyam Computer Services' new chief executive on Tuesday assured its Singapore customers that it was 'business as usual' at the scandal-hit company. On his first overseas visit since his appointment on Feb 5, Mr AS Murty said in a ...
India: India copper futures set to open higher, gold lower.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 India's copper futures are expected to open higher tracking global cues on Tuesday, but a firmer rupee could cap gains later in the session, analysts said. At 9:52 a.m., three-month LME copper was 1.04 percent higher at $3,410.25 a tonne. ...
India: Update on port and shipyard projects in India.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Mr T R Baalu union shipping minister said that UPA Government has identified 276 port projects worth INR 55,000 crore and 111 shipping projects worth INR 45,000 crore that must be completed by the end of the Eleventh Plan period. Mr Baalu speaking ...
India: Update on Japanese SBQ plates export deals to South Korea.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Tex reported that there are signs that Japanese export deals of ship plates for South Korea are falling into chaos concerning shipments in the first half of fiscal 2009 as South Korea's major shipbuilding companies profess to slash their purchase volumes of ...
India: Petronet to raise Rs 2200 cr for captive port project.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) plans to mobilise Rs 2,200 crore from the domestic and external markets to part-finance its captive port with re-gassification facilities at Kochi. The total project cost is about Rs 3,195 crore, of which PLL has already spent ...
India: LNG prices turning in favour of buyers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Kolkata, March 1 After years, buyers may again start dictating terms in the gas market. While the domestic natural gas supplies are set to rise dramatically with Reliance s D6 field coming into production, there is sufficient indication that the easy ...
India: GAIL signs gas supply contract with National Fertilizers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 My Iris reported that GAIL recently signed term sheets for supply of natural gas to Barauni plant of Urvarak Videsh and Bhatinda, Panipat and Nangal plants of National Fertilizers. The terms sheets were signed by Mr BC Tripathi director (Marketing) ...
India: Contractors shift from realty to govt projects.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Contractors such as Ahluwalia Contracts, Simplex Infrastructure, Unity Infrastructure and BL Kashyap are increasingly shifting their focus to government-funded infra projects such as metro stations, airports, roads in the face of slowdown in real estate causing ...
India: A capital subsidy to airports.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 After allowing Delhi International Airport Ltd to levy an airport development fee (ADF) on passengers to raise Rs 1,827 crore(USD 351.52mn) to cover modernisation costs, the government has approved a similar levy for the Mumbai airport. The latter would be ...
India: Jharkhand sanctions Rs.1.15 bn (USD 28) Million for airport expansion.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Jharkhand Monday sanctioned a Rs.1.15-billion (Rs.115 crore) (USD 28) Million investment for expansion of the Birsa Munda airport here, said an official. The decision was taken at a meeting of the advisory committee of the Jharkhand governor, said P.K ....
India: RIL-RPL merger approved by respective boards.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The Board of Directors of Reliance Industries and its refinery subsidiary RPL on Monday approved the merger of the two firms, creating one of the world's largest petrochemical entity and offered the shareholders of RPL one RIL share for every 16 shares held by ...
India: Govt plan to radio-tag LPG cylinders may not work.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The government s move to radio-tag domestic liquid petroleum gas, or LPG, cylinders to prevent the subsidized cooking gas from being used commercially is unlikely to succeed due to high costs and sheer number of connections. Costly proposition: IOC ...
India: Singapore defence chief to hold talks on expanding military ties.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 India and Singapore, after signing pacts which allow the armed forces of the latter to train here, are all set to further expand their bilateral military ties. Visiting chief of the defence forces of Singapore, Lt-General Desmond Kuek, will hold ...
India: Tech Mahindra may tap PE firm for Satyam bid.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Tech Mahindra is toying with the idea of launching a bid for the Hyderabad-based software exporter Satyam Computer Services, jointly with a private equity fund. The diversified Mahindra & Mahindra Group, which holds a 44% stake in Tech Mahindra, has ...
India: Wipro Appoints Three Retail Partners for Notebooks.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 In an attempt to increase the sales of its newly-launched e.go notebooks, Wipro Infotech has appointed three retail partners. In the coming months, Wipro plans to add more mega retail partners to reach out to the large customers across the country. Customers can ...
India: Centre okays pilot project for organic tea.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has sanctioned a pilot project to evolve a standard package to produce organic tea in Assam. The project aims at understanding the market potential for organic tea and harmonise the certification mechanism, said Minister of ...
Iraq : IOSC JV to boost oil production in Iraq.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Mesopotamia Petroleum Co. Ltd. (MPC) has signed an agreement with Iraqi state-owned Iraqi Drilling Co. (IDC) to form a new joint venture focusing on increasing oil and gas production in Iraq. "This is the Iraqi ministry of oils first joint venture ...
Jordan: Shuneh airport project put on hold following landowners protest.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Work on the South Shuneh Airport project will not begin until a parliamentary committee studies complaints by farmers relating to its location, a government official said on Monday. Minister of Public Works and Housing Alaa Batayneh told a Lower ...
Japan : Nippon Mining Shares Drop Most in Three Months on Merger Delay.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., Japan s sixth-biggest oil refiner, fell the most in three months after it announced a delay in a merger with Nippon Oil Corp. and the yen slumped against the dollar. The shares plunged as much as 8.1 percent to 318 yen on ...
Japan: ANA to become Main Shareholder in Overseas Courier Service.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: pinto03 ANA will take a 33.5 % stake in Overseas Courier Service (OCS), a move which will make the airline the majority shareholder in the Tokyo-based international parcel delivery and forwarding company by the end of this month. Cargo is the third of ANA's ...
Korea: Korean Air targets W25tr(USD 16bn) in sales by 2019.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Korean Air, the countrys largest airline, aims to to become one of the worlds top 10 air carriers by achieving 25 trillion won ($16 billion) in sales by 2019, the company said. The air carrier, which celebrated its 40th anniversary, said yesterday it will also ...
South Korea: GS Construction says wins $264 mln Singapore order.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 South Korean builder GS Engineering & Construction Corp (006360.KS) said on Tuesday it had won a S$411 million ($264 million) order from Singapores Land Transport Authority as part of a consortium. GS said in a ...
Laos: Japan supports mother and child health improvement project.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 A ceremony to sign the MoU to evaluate the mother and child health improvement project was held in Vientiane on 18 February between Ms. Inlavanh Keobounphan, Director of Vientiane Capital Public Health Department and Ms. Aiko Osaki, Head of Evaluation Team from ...
Nigeria: Royal father floors Akunyili on rebranding Nigeria project.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 A royal father and former economist/director with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), His Royal Highness Godwin Odumgba, has dismissed the Prof. Dora Akunyili-led Ministry of Information and Communication rebranding Nigeria project, describing it ...
Nigeria: Reps to Probe Failed Multi-Billion Naira Rail Projects.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Legislators at the weekend announced plans to investigate failed rail projects worth billions of Naira and to devise measures to complete on going ones The House of Representatives Land and Transport Committee, chaired by Bernard Udoh, was mandated to, ...
Nigeria: Approves Sale Of 10% Equity In EPCL.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the sale of 10 per cent equity in Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) to the host communities and staff of the company while government retains five per ...
Nigeria: All Is Not Lost As Lagos Museum gets $2m boost from Ford Foundation.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 THE Lagos National Museum now has a new theme song. The museum has seen hard times, especially in recent years in its 42nd years of existence. And, almost miraculously, this national edifice that is home to thousands of fascinating and awe-inspiring artifacts ...
Peru : Peru aims to ratify free trade agreement with Japan by mid-2010+.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said Wednesday his country aims to ratify a free trade agreement with Japan as early as mid-2010 if future negotiations go smoothly. "Both countries have a strong political will towards the ...
Philippines: P100 million earmarked for telemedicine frontiers.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 THE government allocated P100 million in the 2009 national budget for the deployment of telemedicine sites across the country to enhance delivery of health services even in this time of crisis. Sen. Edgardo Angara explained that telemedicine, which ...
Russia : CPC oil pipeline relaunched after leak.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The flow of oil through the key pipeline shipping crude from Kazakhstan to Russia has restarted after a leak, operator the Caspian Pipeline Consortium said. The CPC halted shipments through a part of the pipeline in Kazakhstan last week after oil ...
Saudi Arabia: Inmates complain of maltreatment.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Juvenile inmates at a reformatory in Jeddah have requested the intervention of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) to protect their rights and improve living conditions at the facility. They made this request when the NSHR delegation led by ...
Solomon Islands: Malas first national project launched.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 HISTORY was created last Friday as the first national project in Malaita Province was launched in the eastern region. A high level delegation from the National Government, Malaita Provincial Government officials and more than a thousand resource ...
Singapore : Exxon shuts Singapore refinery units for 6 weeks.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 ExxonMobil Corp (XOM.N) said on Monday it has shut down a couple of units in its refinery and chemical plant in Singapore for six weeks of planned maintenance. "We have commenced the shutdown of several operating units for planned maintenance from today and this ...
Taiwan: CPC cuts liquefied petroleum gas prices.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 State-run CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC) yesterday announced cuts in this month s wholesale prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) products to reflect the declining costs of energy. Effective today, the company cut its prices for household LPG by NT$1 per ...
Ukraine: International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine to invest over UAH 300 m in AIDS prevention program.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 The board of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine (Alliance Ukraine) has confirmed its intentions to invest over UAH 300 million in a national AIDS prevention program for 2009-2013. Alliance Ukraine will attract around USD 60 million at the ...
Uganda: Danida Injects Sh160 Million Into Market Information.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 JACKIE Nakanjako, a 52-year-old farmer, does not rely on the Internet for market prices because there is only one kiosk in her village of wankanya in Luweero district, some 50 km from Kampala, and she cannot afford to pay for it. However, today, she ...