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Bahrain 'pioneers in affordable housing'Bahrain-based companies are leading the way in meeting the affordable housing challenge, and setting a leading example for all countries across the Mena region, said experts at a major housing summit held recently. As the Bahraini Governme More… |
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Raysut paid $172m to close Pioneer buyRaysut Cement, Oman's largest cement producer by market value, on Monday said it paid $172 million to close its deal to buy United Arab Emirates' Pioneer Cement Industries. The acquisition of Pioneer Cement, based in Ras More… |
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Egypt's Pioneers eyes GDRs, regional expansionEgyptian financial services company Pioneers Holding is looking into issuing global depositary receipts (GDRs) and expanding into new Middle Eastern markets, a board member said. "We are studying issuing GDRs right now b More… |
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Renewable energy pioneer to light up GIFAmeet Shah, a pioneer in renewable energy projects, will be a key speaker at the upcoming Gulf Industry Forum, being organised by The North Star Associates in partnership with Bahrain-based Hilal Conferences & Exhibitions (HCE). Shah i More… |
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DBAJ performs pioneering spinal fusion surgeryThe Dubai Bone and Joint Center (DBAJ) said it has successfully performed a minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery (MISS) using the Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion (AxiaLIF) technique for the first time in the region. DBAJ, the first and o More… |
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Alba pioneers in aluminium extractionAlba has developed a new, safer and more efficient method to extract molten aluminium from the reduction pots. The new Alba-developed method improves upon the industry standard approach that remains in widespread use by making it safer, mo More… |
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Bahrain inks key 'go green' accordBahrain became the first country in the region to sign the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which legally binds governments to discontinue the use of chemicals that cause the most harm to the environment. It in More… |
Varsities back ‘Pioneers’ scholarship programmeDubai International Academic City (DIAC), the region's centre for international higher education and a member of Tecom Investments, and its five partner universities will collaborate with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation on its ‘Pione More… |
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Biotech firms in race to develop drought-proof cornBiotech companies are racing against each other to develop new strains of corn and other crops that can thrive when water is in short supply. The global giants like Pioneer, Monsanto and Switzerland's Syngenta AG are the on More… |
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Taqa completes Pioneer acquisitionTaqa North, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), has completed the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources Canada (Pioneer), a company statement said. Taqa North had agreed to purchase the Calgary-b More… |
