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  • Implementing new petrochemical projects boost for Egyptian economy - minister

    Implementing new petrochemical projects boost for Egyptian economy - minister

    Date: 2014-03-29 14:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:46 - ID:637643

    Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sherif Ismail underlined that implementing new petrochemical projects is a boost for the Egyptian economy via providing the needs of the local market from the petrochemical products. The projects offer ....

  • Nile water level unchanged

    Nile water level unchanged

    Date: 2014-03-29 10:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:637148

    The Nile River water level recorded 175.33 meters on Saturday, the same as the reading of Friday. Water released from Aswan Dam reached 145 million cubic meters and water coming freshly to Lake Nasser today was also the same, according to a ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London up

    Egyptian GDRs in London up

    Date: 2014-03-28 18:06:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:23 - ID:636350

    The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on the London Stock Exchange rose at the close of Friday's trading. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Orascom Telecom rose by 0.39 and 11.11 percent respectively. ....

  • Arab Contractors Company has $3bn projects in Africa

    Arab Contractors Company has $3bn projects in Africa

    Date: 2014-03-28 09:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:635384

    The total value of contracts signed to carry out projects in Africa has reached $3 billion in early February, said Board Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company Mohamed Mohsen Salah. The projects are being executed in 18 African countries with ....

  • Supply minister heads for Nigeria to attend UNECA meeting

    Supply minister heads for Nigeria to attend UNECA meeting

    Date: 2014-03-28 08:35:27 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:635246

    Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi left here Friday heading for Nigeria to attend the 7th meeting of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) due there on Saturday. Ministers of planning, finance and economy from 55 ....

  • Egyptian Exchange loses EGP 3 bn last week

    Egyptian Exchange loses EGP 3 bn last week

    Date: 2014-03-28 08:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:635241

    The Egyptian Exchange closed last week with losses amounting to EGP3 billion and its indexes were all down. The capital market declined to EGP487.4 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 retreated 2.45 percent down ....

  • 182-, 364-day T-bills auctioned

    182-, 364-day T-bills auctioned

    Date: 2014-03-27 12:42:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:23 - ID:634135

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.5 billion of 182-day T-bills. The average yield was 10.637%, it said, adding it accepted bids at ....

  • Abdel-Nour tackles energy cooperation with Russia

    Abdel-Nour tackles energy cooperation with Russia

    Date: 2014-03-27 12:35:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:634125

    Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour had a series of meetings with a number of Russian officials and heads of funding institutions before his departure from Moscow. In a statement Thursday, the ministry said ....

  • Helicopters heavily buzzing over Suez Canal

    Helicopters heavily buzzing over Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-03-27 11:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:633856

    Helicopters intensely flew over the Suez governorate on Thursday to comb rocky areas in Mount Ataqa and secure the Canal waterway as well as other vital facilities, a military source said. The helicopters also buzzed over Suez/Ismailia and ....

  • Egyptian bourse up after Sisi presidential bid

    Egyptian bourse up after Sisi presidential bid

    Date: 2014-03-27 09:43:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:633619

    Indices of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) were up collectively on Thursday after Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi announced his candidacy for presidential election and amid purchases by investors. The market capital gained 5 billion pounds to ....

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