ECO Chamber News (3401)
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 11:53
Al-Othaimeen: OIC is Implementing String of Measures to...
Al-Othaimeen: OIC is Implementing String of Measures to achieve 25% mark in intra-Islamic trade by 2025 24/10/2017- Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen has stressed that the General Secretariat of the organization is in the process of implementing string of measures with the aim…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:41
Iran to get $1.8B Chinese LC for rail electrification
Iran to get $1.8B Chinese LC for rail electrification Trend | October 25, 2017- Iran hopes to receive a $1.8 billion line of credit from a Chinese investor by January over the electrification of the Tehran-Mashhad railroad, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, Said Mohammadzadeh, told a…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:38
OIC Secretary General Stresses Media’s Role in Curbing Hate Speech
OIC Secretary General Stresses Media’s Role in Curbing Hate Speech 23/10/2017- The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Youssef A. Othaimeen, yesterday made a keynote speech at the fourth international seminar held by the OIC-affiliate Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC), in association with the Moroccan…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:27
Protester arrested after throwing Russian flags at..
Protester arrested after throwing Russian flags at Trump in US Capitol October 25, 2017 - Protester Ryan Clayton shouts at US President Donald Trump as he is taken into custody after disrupting Trump's arrival for the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 24, 2017. (REUTERS) Security…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:25
Qatar's Nebras Power to Invest $1b in Indonesia Project
Qatar's Nebras Power to Invest $1b in Indonesia Project Jakarta Globe | October 24, 2017- Qatar's Nebras Power has agreed to invest $1 billion in a natural gas-fired power station on the island of Sumatra and related floating infrastructure to process liquefied natural gas, or LNG, Indonesia's deputy energy minister…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:18
Iran to add 336,000 tons/year of aluminum capacity in 2018
Iran to add 336,000 tons/year of aluminum capacity in 2018 October 24, 2017 - Iran plans to add 336,000 tons per year to its primary aluminum smelting capacity in 2018, announced the planning manager of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO). Amir Sabagh further told S&P…
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 09:09
Iraqi Kurdistan Region offers to freeze referendum..
Iraqi Kurdistan Region offers to freeze referendum results: Statement October 24, 2017 - The Kurdistan Regional Government in a statement early on Wednesday offered to freeze the results of an earlier secession referendum as part of an offer to defuse the crisis with the Iraqi central government in Baghdad. The…
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 09:56
House set to approve 2018 state budget on Wednesday
House set to approve 2018 state budget on Wednesday Jakarta Post | October 24, 2017- The House of Representatives plans to sign the 2018 state budget bill into law on Wednesday to end the lengthy deliberation involving lawmakers and government representatives. Before the house’s plenary session on Wednesday, government representatives,…
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 09:45
Iran-EU trade turnover registers huge rise
Iran-EU trade turnover registers huge rise Trend | October 24, 2017- The European Union’s trade with Iran amounted to 13.2 billion euros in the first eight months of 2017, according to the latest figures released by the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat. The figure indicates a 75 percent rise year-on-year…
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 09:43
Qatar’s non-oil export value rises by 48.7% YoY
Qatar’s non-oil export value rises by 48.7% YoY The Peninsula | October 23, 2017- The total value of Qatar’s non-oil exports for the first nine months of this year, ended September, stood at QR13.3bn. The export value for the month of September reached QR1.57bn, up 48.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) and…