UAE team to row 5,000km across Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness against marine litter

  The UAE’s Arabian Ocean Rowing Team has teamed up with the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Clean Seas campaign to help reduce marine litter and its negative impacts. James Raley, Rai Tamagnini and Toby Gregory will row 5,000km unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. The journey is […]

Emirates Global Aluminium to produce silicon metal in UAE

  Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, has announced that the company is to develop a project to manufacture silicon metal in the UAE, securing supplies of a key raw material for ‘premium aluminium’. This will unlock the potential new industries in the UAE in line […]

Dar Al Takaful, Watania complete another milestone in merger process

  Dar Al Takaful (DAT) and Watania have completed another condition precedent in the merger process aiming to create one of the leading Takaful providers in the UAE with the end of the 45-day policyholders’ notice period with no objections received. The transaction is at the final stages of obtaining regulatory approvals from the Central […]

AD Ports Group receives top five ranking for Khalifa Port in global efficiency index

  Executives at Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports Group) have confirmed that its flagship deep-water port, Khalifa Port, has been ranked in the top five of the global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. The ranking is based on time vessels needed to spend in […]

Dubai: Issue involving Emaar CEO in India now solved, says spokesperson

Dubai’s Emaar Properties is aware of a media report that its Group Chief Executive Amit Jain has been detained in India, a spokesperson for the company said on Saturday. “Emaar is aware of reports regarding the Group CEO Amit Jain, over an issue relating to the company’s work in India. The issue has now been […]

Masdar City starts work on key net-zero energy office tower

Masdar City, a world-class technology and innovation hub and a pioneering sustainable community in Abu Dhabi, along with its consulting partners Woods Bagot and Faithful+Gould, has advanced its contribution to the UAE Net-Zero by 2050 Strategy with the groundbreaking ceremony of its latest development – the Masdar City Square (MC2). Faithful+Gould, a member of the […]

Adnoc finds local manufacturing potential worth $19bln

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has announced that it has identified AED70 billion ($19 billion) worth of products in its procurement pipeline that could be manufactured locally. Out of this value, Adnoc signed agreements for local manufacturing opportunities worth AED21 billion ($5.7 billion) with UAE and international companies at the Make it in the […]

Recapp, Coca-Cola divert packaging waste from landfills in UAE

UAE – Recapp, the UAE’s first free-of-charge door-to-door recycling service developed by Veolia, and Coca-Cola Middle East have renewed their partnership to divert packaging waste materials away from landfills. This is done through an innovative recyclable collection scheme that enables segregation at source and diversion. This collaboration follows Coca-Cola supporting the launch of Recapp, a […]

UAE’s Etihad Rail, Spain’s CAF sign $327mln deal for passenger trains

Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE national railway network, has signed a 1.2-billion-dirham ($327 million) agreement with Spain’s CAF Group for designing, manufacturing, supplying and maintaining passenger trains. The agreement was signed at the construction site of Etihad Rail’s first passenger train station being built at Sakamkam in the heart of Fujairah […]

Wizz Air introduces new routes to Saudi Arabia from Europe, UAE

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing and most sustainable airline, is launching new routes from Dammam to Rome and Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi route will be operated by Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, Wizz Air’s joint venture airline with ADQ. Launching in September 2022, the new destinations are the first step towards a growing presence in […]