TendersInfo back issues from June 2009:
United Arab Emirates : KDB pitches projects to Abu Dhabi high rollers.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The state-run Korea Development Bank yesterday conferred with key figures in the government and state-run financial institutions of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to attract more investment from the cash-flushed Middle East. KDB explained its ...
United Arab Emirates : Contractors invited to bid for construction work on Saadiyat Island.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 MEED reported that Abu Dhabis Tourism Development & Investment Company has invited contractors to bid by 10 June for the contract to build 295 villas on Saadiyat Island. The pre-qualifiers include Al-Faraa General Contracting Company, Al-Habtoor Engineering ...
United arab emirates : ABB/GE consortium wins orders worth $80 million.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, announced that a consortium consisting of ABB and GE Oil & Gas has won two contracts collectively worth around $80 million from Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO.) The orders were booked during ...
United Arab Emirates: Drydocks World-Dubai installs advanced Grounding Avoidance System on BP Shipping vessel.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 Drydocks World-Dubai, the region's premier ship repair, conversion and new building yard and subsidiary of Drydocks World, has installed a trial version of a Grounding Avoidance System on the 46,803-tonne oil tanker, British Tenacity for BP Shipping. The ...
United Arab Emirates: EDC launches Dubai Subcontracting and Partnership eXchange Program.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Dubai Export Development Corporation (EDC) has partnered with Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in establishing the Dubai Subcontracting and Partnership eXchange Program (Dubai-SPX) to ...
India: KPPC start paraxylene production at its $2 billion plant in the ...
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Angola: Minister opens USD 30 million Cacuso/Capanda road.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 The Angolan Minister of Public Works, Higino Carneiro, Wednesday officially opened the 73-km road linking Cacuso-Capanda, northern Malanje province, which was under repair since mid-2007. The rehabilitation of the road, comprising 13 meters wide, two ...
Angola: AIA supports state in economic rehabilitation.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 The chairman of the Angolan Industrial Association (AIA), Jose Severino, Friday in Luanda declared that his institution handed out to the central government several proposals aimed at contributing towards the structuring and diversification of the economy, as well ...
Angola: Government, private firms create telecommunication partnership.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 The Angolan government, through the state-owned telecommunications company Angola Telecom and four other private firms of the sector, formalised on Thursday the public scripture of the creation of a joint-venture dubbed Angola Cable to build and manage the ...
Angola: Angola-Telecom installs optical fibre cables in stadiums.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The placing of optical fibre cables in stadiums to host matches of the African Nations Cup (CAN2010) in the cities of Benguela, Lubango and Cabinda has been concluded by 60 percent, whilst in Luanda it is rated at 50 percent.This was announced on Wednesday in ...
Argentina: Five groups express interest in Argentinas 478-MW Chihuido 1.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Argentina s Neuquen Province reports five groups submitted expressions of interest in construction of the 478-MW Chihuido 1 hydroelectric project on the province s Neuquen River. Neuquen last year invited bidders to pre-qualify to finance and ...
Australia: BC Iron, Fortescue to develop Nullagine project.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 BC Iron has entered into a joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group to develop the Nullagine iron ore project. The pair have signed an agreement so that upon completion of a satisfactory feasibility study they will set up the joint venture, which will see ...
Australia: SA Govt pulls out of BHP desal project.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The South Australian Government has pulled the pin on its planned investment in BHP Billiton's desalination plant to be built next to Spencer Gulf. The Government had been looking to tap into the water supply from the proposed plant at Point Lowly ...
Australia: ANAO to probe NBN $4.7bn RFP.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Federal Auditor-General Ian McPhee will ditch a proposed preliminary inquiry in favour of a full performance audit into the first $4.7 billion National Broadband Network Request for Proposal (RFP) process. McPhee gave his nod to the audit yesterday in ...
Australia: Broadband success depends on Telstra.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The federal governments proposed national broadband network (NBN) can be commercially viable but only if Telstra Corp separates its wholesale and retail businesses, arch rival Optus says. Optus chief executive Paul OSullivan told a business lunch in ...
Australia : Network Equipment Technologies Engages Unity Systems to Extend Unified Communications Offerings in Australia and New Zealand.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. ("NET") (NASDAQ: NWK) announced today that Unity Systems has become a Value Added Distribution partner in Australia and New Zealand. Through its parent company, Distribution Central Pty Limited, Unity Systems will provide a ...
Australia: European Central Bank warns on government debt levels.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sander03 THE European Central Bank says imbalanced public finances in the Eurozone may affect confidence and ultimately hamper economic recovery. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet was reacting to remarks by French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who said ...
Australia: CO2 Group in $4m carbon offset deal.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Rowley nets $2.3m from FMG share sale Perth-based CO2 Group has entered a 30-year deal to provide forest carbon sink offsets to an ACT government entity, with the contract valued at more than $4 million. CO2 Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of CO2 ...
Australia: Virgin Blue joins aviation climate change group.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd has joined an independent not-for-profit aviation body aimed at developing a way of tackling aviation emissions as part of a global deal on climate change. Virgin says The Climate Group - collectively, the Aviation Global Deal ...
Australia: Defence to spend $700m on ICT reform.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Strategic Reform Program, defenceLess than half of the annual $1.2 billion spent by Defence on its ICT is visible to its chief information officer, Greg Farr, a new report has revealed. Detailing the shortcoming in its Strategic Reform Program ...
Australia: Australia state approves wave energy pilot projects.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The government of South Australia State has approved two wave energy pilot projects planning to utilize the extensive wave energy generated by the Southern Ocean off Australia. Premier Mike Rann announced the May 19, 2009, approval of a pilot ...
Australia: Energex Upgrades Sunrise Hills Substation in Queensland.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Australian power utility Energex has completed an upgrade of its Sunrise Hills substation in Queensland. The company has said that more than 27,000 homes and businesses on the Sunshine Coast will benefit from the upgrade. The company has said that ...
Australia: Siemens wins $5m substation project for Moolarben Coal.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: kusumv03 Siemens has won a $5 million contract to supply a turnkey solution including a 66 kV switchyard and 11 kV indoor substation for the Moolarben Coal Project near Newcastle, including the design and supply for the project. Jointly owned by Felix ...
Australia: Binningup desal plant given conditional approval.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The Shire of Harvey in south-west Western Australia has granted conditional approval to plans for the Southern Seawater Desalination Project. The project will be the states second seawater desalination plant. It will be built at Binningup, with ...
Australia : Valero project postponement great loss.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Since Valero Energy Corp. representatives announced Tuesday the company is indefinitely postponing its expansion project at the Valero Port Arthur Refinery, officials with the city of Port Arthur and Jefferson County said they are preparing for the repercussions ....
Australia : Aker Solutions expanding in Australia.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Aker Solutions is expanding its subsea and subsurface service offering in Australia by establishing its geo business in the country. The unit will operate out of the companys regional head office, located near Perth. Aker Solutions says the move is ...
Australia: RG Global Completes First Phase of Global Expansion With Deal to Process CSG Discharge Water in Australia.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 RG Global (OTC Bulletin Board: RGBL), is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal with World Environmental Solutions of Australia for exclusive representation in the coal bed methane (CBM) industry, or Coal Seam Gas (CSG) as it is known in Australia, and ...
Australia : Apache decision on Australia gas supply by Oct.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Apache Energy (APA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will decide by October to which liquefied natural gas plant it plans to send its gas produced offshore northwest Australia, the companys chief executive said on Thursday. "We are talking to ...
Australia : Exoma pushes ahead with Galilee buy.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Australian oil and gas exploration company Exoma Energy is making progress towards its proposed acquisition of the Galilee gas project in central Queensland from Longreach after Exoma completed technical due diligence. Longreach also advised Exoma ...
Australia : Caltex to buy ExxonMobils Australian gas stations,.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Caltex Australia Ltd., the country's largest oil refiner, agreed to buy ExxonMobil Corp.'s Australian gas stations for 300 million Australian dollars ($236 million). The sale is subject to the approval of Australian competition and investment ...
Australia: Fortinet signs distribution deal with Ingram Micro.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Fortinet has expanded its Australian FortiPartner channel program by appointing Ingram Micro as a distributor and launching a reseller recruitment campaign. Charles Cote, regional director Fortinet A/NZ said the company has seen enormous growth in ...
Australia: Kaspersky Lab Focuses on Singapore as Next Strategic Market.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sander03 Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content-management solutions, announced its plans to further invest in Singapore in a move to grow its market share in the Internet-savvy city state. With a population of 4.6 million people, of which 67 per cent use ...
Australia: BC Iron, Fortescue sign joint venture.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Junior iron ore explorer BC Iron Ltd has given up half its iron ore project in Western Australias Pilbara region in exchange for access to Fortescue Metals Group Ltds rail and port facilities.BC Iron said on Friday that the companies had signed an agreement to ...
Australia: BHP, Rio clinch $7.2b iron ore deal.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have struck a joint-venture deal over all of their Western Australian iron ore assets after the collapse of Rio's proposed tie-up with Chinalco overnight.Under the preliminary agreement, Rio and BHP will each have a 50 ...
Australia: BC Iron seals company-making deal with FMG.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 BC Iron Limited (ASX:BCI) is pleased to announce that it has sealed a ground- breaking deal with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) that puts BC Iron on track to become the Pilbara's next iron ore producer. The companies have signed an agreement that upon the ...
Aruba : Aruba Ships Latest AirWave Wireless Management Suite Upgrade.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Aruba announced Thursday the release of the latest upgrade to its AirWave Wireless Management Suite version 6.3. The new software offers full graphical configuration of Aruba Mobility Controllers, as well as initial provisioning of Aruba APs. It ...
Azerbaijan: SGS Monitored a Highway Reconstruction Project in Azerbaijan.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The main development objective of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan was to reconstruct the country s road infrastructure, i.e. to restore the highway to Category 1 road standards, enabling safe, high-speed traffic that in turn would lead to an ...
Azerbaijan: All neighboring countries proposed to obtain all volumes of gas from Shah Deniz II.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 About 8 billion cubic meters of the 27 billion cubic meters to be produced in Azerbaijan this year will be exported, SOCAR Vice president for Investments and Marketing Elshad Nasirov said at a conference Oil&Gas 2009 in Baku. Azerbaijan exports gas ...
Azerbaijan: SOCAR not to consider purchase of Tekfen Inshaat stocks this year.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic will not consider purchase of 50% stocks in the Turkish construction company Tekfen Inshaat by the end of this year, said SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev at the 16th international Conference Caspian ...
Bangladesh: New container terminal to be built in N ganj.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sandesh03 Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) have jointly taken up a project for building a container terminal on the bank of river Buriganga at Pangaon in Narayanganj to introduce waterway container transportation for ...
Belgium: Poor nations need 100 billion a year in climate fight.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 Poor countries will need to be given about 100 billion euros ($142 billion) a year by 2020 to help them cut emissions in the fight against climate change, a draft report for European Union finance ministers shows. The report, obtained by Reuters, ...
Belgium : CFE, Ackermans win wind power contract - paper.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Belgian companies CFE and Ackermans & Van Haaren are among a consortium that has won a concession to build a 1 billion euro ($1.42 billion) wind park, Belgian business daily De Tijd said on Friday. The energy minister had awarded the contract for a ...
Belgium: IMEC starts neuroscientific R&D initiative.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 Belgian research center IMEC has teamed with the Leuven University K.U.Leuven and the Flanders life science institute VIB to push the boundaries on the working of neuronal circuitry of the human brain. Within the Neuroelectronics Research Flanders ...
Bulgaria: dryships Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) cancels a ship build.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS, DRYS message board) has chosen a rather alternative way of reducing their capital expenditures. The company decided to cancel the acquisition of a new ship that is already under construction. Such an action will require a penalty of ...
Bulgaria: Black Sea mayors oppose Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline construction.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The mayors of the seaside municipalities of Burgas, Sozopol, Pomorie and Nesebar have united in a statement and have categorically expressed disagreement with the future implementation of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project, Focus News Agency s ...
Bahrain: NBB signs Sinnad smart card deal.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has signed a co-operation agreement with the Sinnad Company to issue smart cards for ATM and Visa and MasterCard credit cards. NBB corporate services group executive assistant general manager Khalid Juma, signed the ...
Bahrain: Japan bank, Bahrain government ink strategic partnership deal.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 The government-affiliated Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed an agreement on comprehensive strategic partnership with the Bahraini government aimed at creating opportunities for Japanese businesses in the Middle East, the bank said ...
brazil : BT inks satellite deal with SES Americom-New Skies.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The LatAm division of UK-based BT Group has signed a contract with global satellite fleet operator SES Americom-New Skies to extend the reach of the operator s IP telephony services to remote areas of Brazil, according to an SES statement. Under the deal, the ...
brazil : BT Expands IP Network Reach across Brazil with SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Dedicated to the delivery of global business connectivity, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESGSESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group today announced at the ITWITW ...
Brazil : Brazil BNDES launches $1 bln bonds as yields fall.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Brazils state development bank BNDES launched $1 billion of 10-year global bonds on Wednesday, sources with direct knowledge of the plans said, seeking to benefit from the lowest borrowing costs in at least nine months. The bonds were launched at a ...
Brazil : Brazil to approve Amazon hydro-power dam.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Brazil is close to approving a permit for a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon, an official said Wednesday, advancing a project the government hopes will shore up power supplies but critics call an ecological disaster. The head of the nations environment ...
Brazil: Brazil ethanol pipeline projects may join forces.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: prashant03 Operators of three, separate billion-dollar Brazilian ethanol pipeline projects said on Tuesday they are open to coordinating efforts to bring the biofuel from new distant production areas to the main local consumer and export markets. "There are ...
Brazil : Brazils Usiminas Starts Clean Up Iron Ore Terminal Site.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 Brazilian steel company Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S/A, or Usiminas (USIM5.BR), has begun the process of recovering the contaminated site for its planned iron ore export port in Rio de Janeiro State, the company said in a statement Friday. ...
Brazil: Brazil State Blocks Study On Belo Monte Hydro Project.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: prashant03 A federal court in Para state in Brazil's northern Amazon region suspended the approval of a technical study to build a massive hydroelectric power station on the Xingu River this week. Public prosecutors convinced a federal judge in Altamira, Para, ...
Brazil : Brazil presses Korean shipbuilders for tech transfers.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayV03 It is reported that Brazil is pressing cash strapped Korean shipbuilders to hand over their core technologies in return for orders. And with work hard to come by they are willing to oblige. Samsung Heavy Industries has sent a letter of intent to Brazilian ...
BRAZIL : SOLVAY INDUPA SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF ITS VINYL ACTIVITIES IN BRAZIL.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 SOLVAY INDUPA SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES UPGRADE AND EXPANSION OF ITS VINYL ACTIVITIES IN BRAZIL Solvay strengthens competitiveness of its PVC plant at Santo Andre, Brazil Solvay announces today that Solvay Indupa successfully concluded the three-year and 150 million ...
Brazil : FMC Technologies inks $30 million StatoilHydro contract.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 FMC Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $30 million contract by StatoilHydro. The Houston energy technology company will make and install surface wellheads and surface production trees for the Norwegian company s Peregrino project located offshore Brazil ....
Botswana: Development Bank Lends Nation US $1.5 Billion.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: Mamta03 In a decision reflecting the consequences of the global economic crisis for Africa, the African Development Bank has granted Botswana the largest-ever assistance package of its kind to help it offset the impact of falling diamond prices. The bank ...
Botswana: Botswana compelled to rehabilitate Zimbabwes transmission lines.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 Plans by Botswana government to draw electricity from Mozambique through Zimbabwe s existing electricity supply infrastructure, will help revive the latter s economy, in more ways than one. This follows successful negotiations between Botswana and ...
Canada: $28K for Dryden for International Investment.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 MP Greg Rickford, on behalf of Stockwell Day, the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway announced funding of $1,127,635 for community initiatives to promote international investment in Ontario. This is an important initiative ...
Canada: New funding means long-awaited south-end bridge a go, Ottawa councillor says.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: manish03 After years of lobbying by south Ottawa residents and politicians, the $105-million Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge project looks like a go. That s because Friday, the provincial, federal, and city governments finally announced a funding agreement for the project ...
Canada: $90M Windsor infrastructure funding will put people back to work.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: shiv03 More than $133 million in infrastructure projects will go ahead in the city this year, as the provincial and federal governments dropped $90 million in cash on Windsor s lap. Included in the projects that will now go ahead will be servicing of lands ...
Canada : City projects get funding boost.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario today announced $375 million in stimulus funding for infrastructure projects across the City of Ottawa. The injection of federal and provincial funding significantly increases the number of ...
Canada: Electronics industry powers up new opportunities to recycle.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Well, the province, in conjunction with the industry-run Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES), has launched the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) program. This impressive program proposes to divert an additional 160,000 tonnes of ...
Canada: Upgrades coming to Pilot Butte, Balgonie water treatment systems.
Jun 06, 2009 ... Byline: sanjayc03 Thanks to infrastructure funding announcements Friday, residents of Pilot Butte and Balgonie can look forward to enhanced water treatment systems in their communities. The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced that $12.4 million has been ...