On the sidelines of his participation in BEBA, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources karim Badawi held a meeting with Khalid Al-Mudaifer, the Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources and the CEO of Maaden Company, during which Saudi side show a great desire to establish a partnership with the Egyptian side in the mining sector.
The meeting witnessed the initialing of the framework agreement, which allows Barrick Gold to invest in Egypt by obtaining concession areas to exploit gold upon completing all necessary approvals and procedures under the provisions of the law.
The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi witnessed signing of the draft agreement with the initial letters for the gold exploration, during his meeting with the AngloGold Ashanti Company’s officials on the sidelines of BEBA event.
Shell and Equinor have partnered to combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company, aimed to be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMR) and Aton Resources Inc. signed a letter of intent (LOI) to study amending the concession agreement issued to the company to allow it to increase its investments within the concession areas, which maximizes the return to Egypt.
The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi has issued a decision to assign six graduates from the young and middle management program to take over the assistants’ tasks for the leaders and chairman of Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA).
The Chairman of Petromaint Company Ibrahim Motawea has received ISO-26000 Certification for social responsibility by TUV company.
SLB Capturi has completed the construction of the carbon capture plant at Heidelberg Materials’ cement facility in Brevik, Norway, marking the world's first industrial-scale project of its kind.