Egypt

32 articles in Egypt

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

The construction wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Energy to construct a 100 million m3/yr (274,000m3/d) RO desalination plant on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company has named preferred bidders for two sevenyear O&M contracts covering wastewater collection, treatment and distribution in the emirate.

All eyes on Egyptian PPPs as elections loom Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

This month’s parliamentary elections will help decide the future of Egypt’s stalled PPP programme. A reduced reliance on local currency financing will make the role of international investors all the more vital.

INVESTABLE Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

Liberation Capital, the venture fund headed by GE veterans Jeff Garwood, Fred Schmuck and Earl Jones, has invested $8 million in UK-based wastewater treatment specialist Bluewater Bio.

Egypt seeking bidders for Gabal El Asfar Vol 12, Issue 7 (July 2011)

A new EPC contract to expand the massive wastewater treatment plant outside Cairo could represent the best chance of progress while Egypt’s privatisation process remains stuck in the mud.

New Abu Rawash bidders face nervous wait Vol 12, Issue 5 (May 2011)

Egypt’s privatisation body is making huge efforts to keep its privately-financed wastewater plans alive in the midst of unprecedented political turmoil. The uncertain economic climate makes 2011 a white-knuckle year for bidders.

MIDDLE EAST WATER NEWS IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 3 (March 2011)

* Veolia has been awarded the $180 million contract for the Az-Zour South SWRO hybridisation project in Kuwait.

Private finance nervous as protests engulf Egypt Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)

The protests in Egypt brought business to a standstill. GWI’s Middle East editor Tom Scotney looks at the effects on the country’s water privatisation.

Water revolutions Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)

Christopher Gasson looks at the implications of change in North Africa.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 1 (January 2011)

* Details are emerging of structural changes at the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) and its subsidiaries, following the appointment of Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouei as chairman last month.