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DEWA invites international bids for sixth phase of solar park

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has invited international companies to submit their expressions of interest (EOI) to implement the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, WAM, the UAE state-owned news agency, reported. The deadline for submitting EOIs is October 10. DEWA’s CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said that the 900 MW […]

Salik is an automated toll system that was introduced to the UAE in 2007

Salik’s $1bn IPO target ‘easily achievable’ after stake boost

Dubai toll gate operator Salik’s decision to increase the number of shares offered in its initial public offering will yield lower stock price volatility, and the $1 billion the government aims to raise “seems easily achievable”, analysts have predicted. Salik Company announced on Friday that it has increased the size of the stake it is […]

DEWA shareholders set to vote on $844m dividend

Dubai-listed Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC (DEWA) shareholders will vote on the board’s recommendation for a cash dividend of AED 3.1 billion ($843.97 million) for the first half of 2022, WAM, the UAE state news agency, reported. The proposed dividend will be paid to eligible shareholders in October.  The assembly, which will be held […]

Empower reports 41.3% rise in buildings using district cooling

Dubai-based Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) reported a 41.3 percent growth in the number of buildings using its district cooling services over the last five years.  The number of buildings reached 1,413 by the end of 2021, 13 percent higher year-on-year, the company said in a statement. In 2021, Empower’s district cooling market share […]

Dubai utility DEWA’s Q2 profit up 37% on growing energy demand

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported a net profit of AED 2.61 billion ($707.9 million), up 37 percent year-on-year, in the second quarter of 2022 on higher energy demand. Revenue rose 14 percent year-on-year to AED 7.01 billion during the three month period ended June 30, 2022. The utility provider’s first half of 2022 […]

The Aramco IPO raised $30 billion and industry observers believe now is the right time for a second listing that could raise a further $10 billion

UAE and Saudi ‘bright spots’ in challenging global IPO market

The UAE and Saudi Arabia bucked the global downturn in initial public offering (IPO) activity in the first half of 2022. According to the EY MENA IPO Eye report, both countries – and the wider MENA region – remain a “bright spot in a challenging market”. It witnessed a 500 percent year-on-year increase in the […]

Dubai’s DEWA to invest over $10bn as energy demand rises

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to invest 40 billion dirhams ($10.89 billion) on capital expenditure over the next few years, just a day after it announced energy demand in the emirate rose by 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2022. The firm provides electricity and water services to 3.5 million people […]

Aluminium Bahrain BSC is the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East

Alba confirms it is ‘exploring’ listing in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat is considering a secondary listing of Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba) on Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul stock market. Alba said in a statement to the Bahrain Stock Exchange yesterday it is “exploring various opportunities, one of which is a potential secondary listing on Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange which is currently under evaluation […]

IPO expected for Dubai road toll operator

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Wednesday issued a new law establishing road toll operator Salik as a public joint stock company (PJSC), paving the way for a potential initial public offering (IPO).  According to the law, Salik Company PJSC will have a term of 99 years, starting from the date of […]

UAE stock markets target London in foreign investment push

Stock markets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are targeting London as they aim to strengthen their status as key destinations for international investors. Both the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) have completed investor roadshows in the British capital, holding hundreds of meetings with some of the world’s largest asset […]