Saudi Arabia's water and electricity minister, Abdullah Ben Abdelrahman Al-Hussein, arrived in Cairo to meet with officials over possible cooperation between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, state news agency MENA reported.
Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly announced the launch of the the first central solar energy plant lighting along 4km of the Tiba-Qena eastern desert road.
Egypt's foreign currency reserves edged down to $19.559 billion at the end of May from $20.5 billion the previous month, the central bank said on Sunday.
The ministers of petroleum and electricity agreed to pump approximately 135m cubic meters of gas, fuel oil and diesel daily for power stations over the following summer months.
Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry signed a deal to set up a new project to produce high-octane benzene in Alexandria with investments worth some $300 million, it said in a Friday statement.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources conducted a series of transfers and promotions for a number of exploration and operations managers for joint petroleum ventures.