The total electricity capacity exchanged with Jordan and Libya is estimated at 770MW. Egypt's Ministry of Electricity aims to increase the electricity connection with a number of neighboring countries to about 2,000MW by next year.
General Electric (GE) has performed an upgrade at the Kureimat combined cycle gas-fired power plant, located in Atfieh, Upper Egypt, which will improve the plant’s output by 7.8%.
The World Bank (WB) announced that it released $1b to Egypt as the second tranche of its $3b loan agreement signed with the Arab country in December 2015.
Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC) chose the BNY Mellon bank to run its global depositary receipt (GDR) program. It will also hire Baker and McKenzie as the legal consultant.
At the general assembly of Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR), El Molla assured that the Ministry's plan to develop refineries is an important part of Egypt's efforts to flourish the economy, covering the local market's fuel demands.
The Paper Manufacturing Division at the Egyptian Chamber of Chemical Industries asked the Ministry of Petroleum and the Ministry of Industry to double the amount of gas pumped for paper factories without increasing prices.
Egyptian Minister of Finance, Amr El Garhy, stated that the North African Country plans to receive EGP 6b out of selling state-owned firms' stakes in the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) during fiscal year 2017/2018