The ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has ratified the first multi-stakeholder study aimed at creating practical tools and actions that could enable nearly 3 billion more people to access and use the internet through a smartphone by 2030. Around…
LONDON, UK: DCC plc has agreed to acquire PVO International BV (PVO), a leading distributor of solar panels, invertors, batteries and accessories used in the commercial, industrial and domestic energy sectors across continental Europe. PVO was established in 2014 and…
LONDON, UK: The Weir Group PLC (Weir), a global mining technology leader, announces a new alliance with Swiss Tower Mills Minerals AG (STM) in which Weir will market STM’s innovative vertical stirred grinding mills for coarse grinding applications world-wide. Integrating…
LONDON, UK: SDX Energy Plc (AIM: SDX), the EMEA-focused oil and gas company, announced the appointment of Yvon Quillien to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Yvon, who joined the Company in March this year as Morocco Country Manager, will…
The cost of living crisis is gripping households in the UK and many are worried about how they will manage in the months to come. The cost of living is increasing at its fastest rate in 40 years with inflation…
PARIS, FRANCE: TotalEnergies and SARIA, a leader on the European market for the collection and valorization of organic materials into sustainable products, have concluded an agreement to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production on the Grandpuits (Seine-et-Marne) zero-crude platform. This…
NEW YORK: Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) announced that John Q. Doyle has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023. Daniel S. Glaser, will retire from Marsh McLennan at year end following a decade leading the Company…
LONDON, UK: FW Thorpe announced the acquisition of 80% of the share capital of SchahlLED Lighting in Germany, a turnkey provider of intelligent energy saving lighting products for the industrial and logistics sector. FW Thorpe has paid an initial consideration…
ABU DHABI, UAE: AD Ports Group’s SAFEEN Feeders has signed a major agreement with Invictus Investment to launch a new international dry bulk shipping service. SAFEEN Feeders and Invictus Investment will form a joint venture to operate the service. The…
ABU DHABI, UAE: Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), the UAE’s biggest publicly traded steel and building materials company, has partnered with ITOCHU Corporation and JFE Steel Corporation to consider the construction of a ferrous raw material production facility in Abu Dhabi…
ABU DHABI, UAE: ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire an additional two premium offshore jack-up drilling units (the rigs). The acquisition, which underpins the company’s accelerated fleet expansion and enterprising growth, is…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Superloop Limited (ASX:SLC) has entered into a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire VostroNet Holdings Pty Ltd, a provider of wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) access networks and purpose built student accommodation broadband. The acquisition consolidates and expands Superloop’s…