Borouge 2024 net profit $1.24bn
The company said it will maintain a $1.3bn dividend for 2025.
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AD Ports acquires stake in IACC
AD Ports Group's cash reserves to fully fund the deal.
- It is the first international acquisition by AD Ports Group.
- IACC wholly owns two Egypt-based maritime companies, Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International S.A.E.
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DP World, NIIF expand ties
NIIF Master Fund will invest $300m in DP World subsidiary HPPL.
- With this transaction, which is also the Master Fund’s single largest investment, NIIF’s investment under this partnership will reach around $500 million.
- HPPL is one of India’s leading container terminal platforms with a proven track record of growth over the long-term.
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Drydocks World, KANFA AS sign contract
This is the first collaboration between Drydocks World and KANFA AS.
- Under the contract, the M10 module will be placed on the main deck of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
- It will be used to process crude oil received from oil wells, which will be dewatered and stabilized to meet export quality specifications.
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Invictus listed on ADX’s Growth Market
Invictus Investment specializes in agro-food commodities, raw materials.
- The company was established in Jebel Ali Free Zone in 2014 to manage raw material import requirements for large manufacturers in Sudan.
- The company also operates Invictus Trading FZE, a fully owned subsidiary whose activities include non-manufactured precious metals trading.
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Schneider, ADH sign MoU
They will collaborate on a number of projects within Egypt and beyond.
- Utilizing and building EcoStruxure platforms will be the cornerstone of these collaborations, said a Schneider executive.
- He said these platforms are designed to enable the use of innovations like the Internet of Things.
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SAFEEN acquires two Supramax vessels
The firm says there is high demand for maritime services.
- Since being acquired, these ships have been deployed as part of a collaboration between SAFEEN Feeders and Saif Powertec Limited.
- SAFEEN Feeders provides feeder and dry bulk services linking Abu Dhabi to ports serving the UAE, the broader Gulf region, and the Indian Sub-Continent.
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‘World’s most efficient AC’
Strata, Hyperganic and EOS will partner to build the energy-efficient AC.
- Strata Manufacturing is a UAE-based Digital Factory pioneer, Hyperganic an AI-based engineering platform company EOS a German industrial 3D printing company.
- Media reports said the partnership is a result of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s efforts to facilitate industrial collaboration.
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SARCO, Christof Global sign MoUs
Renewable energy projects costing $301 million will be built.
- The first project is to study an investment partnership to build a refinery producing the ‘biodiesel’ biofuel carbon.
- The second project, aims to study the investment in the technology of slop oil to convert waste oil wells, oil from shipping ships.
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Alpha Dhabi ups stake in Aldar
After the deal, Alpha Dhabi becomes Aldar's parent company.
- Aldar will be treated as a subsidiary in Alpha Dhabi's consolidated financial statements.
- The additional shareholding came through the acquisition by Alpha Dhabi of an entity already holding shares in Aldar.
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Chimera Capital launches two funds
The funds are Shariah-compliant and fully fungible exchange-traded funds.
- Both funds will be listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).
- The new Shariah-compliant ETFs will offer UAE investors direct access to US equity markets, further expanding Chimera’s product offering, the company said.
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Sony hikes annual sales outlook
The company net profit for July-September sank 29 percent
- Sony saw net profit hitting $5.8 billion in the year to March 2024, up from the previous projection of 860 billion yen
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