Indonesia’s state oil company PT Pertamina has planned to establish a joint venture with state firms from Iran and Malaysia to build a 6 billion dollar oil refinery plant in Banten province, Indonesia. Pertamina last year put forward this plan ...

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The Egyptian International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Director General Dr. Mahmoud Solh and Dr. Ayman Abou Hadid, President of Egypt’s Agriculture Research Center, agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a 10 year ...

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D-8 made a courtesy visit to Turkish top rated Fertilizer manufacturer, GUBRETAS, earlier this month. Both pledged their affirmation to cooperate more intensely in the fertilizer sector to support D-8 program of food security. The Developing Eight Organization for Economic ...

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Zorlu Enerji made a courtesy visit to the D-8 Secretariat on Wednesday (10/06/2009). Zorlu is the first Turkish company to establish wind farm for power generation in Pakistan, who signed Energy Purchase Agreement with Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation of Pakistan ...

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MEMBERS of the D-8 countries, earlier this month converged in Nigeria to find more proactive approaches to the quest for viable other sources of energy for its members. Delegates from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Nigeria met ...

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The changes taking place in one member of D-8, Indonesia, today are among the most remarkable developments in the Muslim world. The country’s transition to a more democratic state has proved that as a democracy, Indonesia can be culturally vibrant ...

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The share of the world’s proven reserves of natural gas is led in the first rank by Russia, with about 25 percent of the world’s total. With this strategic resource that is needed by many countries for energy, industry and ...

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Mark Mobius, the executive chairman of Templeton Asset management, said Turkey, among other countries, still offer one of the best investment opportunities at the time of increased volatility and uncertainty in global markets. Mobius, who oversees about $26 billion in ...

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Poulterer Banvit confident of weathering financial crisis and emerging a winner. “We will expand our market share in 2009 and have no plans to lay off any of our 2,400 employees due to the economic slowdown,” the top official at ...

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Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari says Iran wants to claim a 10 percent share of global gas trade, either through pipelines or liquefied natural gas. He said Iran is prepared to begin negotiations with Europe on supplying natural gas to the ...

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