Category: Projects
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South Africa fosters public-private co-operation on desalination
Talks on building a large scale desalination plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, have begun between Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, beer maker SABMiller, and salt producer Marina Sea Salt, reports Construction Review Online.
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Abengoa to develop Shoaiba III, its largest desal project yet
ACWA Power has signed Abengoa in consortium with Fisia Italimpianti to develop a large scale reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant at Shoaiba III power and desalination complex on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.
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US non-profit NWRI appoints Hardy as executive director
Former Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) executive Kevin Hardy has joined the US National Water Research Institute (NWRI) as executive director.
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Cyprus to initiate desal BOOT tender this summer
Cyprus’ Water Development Department (WDD) will initiate a competitive tender for a desalination plant in Kouklia, Paphos, in the summer, reports Cyprus Mail.
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Suez shores up GE Water deal with second refinancing step
Suez has taken a second step to refinance its acquisition of GE Water through an offering of undated deeply subordinated hybrid bonds priced at €600 million.
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Hyflux pursues ‘asset light’ strategy with plans for sell-offs
Hyflux has reported revenue growth of 122 per cent to SGD 987 million ($704 million), while profit before tax (PBT) dropped sharply in the year to end-December 2016.
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Hyflux injects $22 million into Qurayyat desalination project
Hyflux subsidiary Qurayyat Desalination SAOC has increased its share capital by approximately $26 million as part of project financing requirements relating to Qurayyat Independent Water Project, Oman.
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Doosan Heavy Industries wins major desal EPC in Saudi Arabia
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an EPC contract with Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia to build a 400,000 m3/d seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant in Shuaibah.
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Interview: Poseidon CEO Carlos Riva
Desalination plant developer Poseidon Water received an apparent boost in January, when its proposed Huntington Beach, Orange County, desalination plant turned up on a list of infrastructure projects favoured by the new US president Donald Trump.
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AquaVenture cuts loss, as top line grows
US-based water company AquaVenture has reported revenue growth of 14 per cent to $114 million in year ended 31 December 2016.
