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naturgy

Naturgy awarded €17.5-million contract to supply natural gas to prisons

Link Securities| Naturgy (NTGY), through Gas Natural Comercializadora, has been awarded the contract to supply natural gas to the penitentiary establishments of the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, attached to the Ministry of the Interior. According to the contract formalisation announcement, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), the amount of the award is €17.5 million, as reported on Wednesday by Europa Press. The tender for the contract, which was…


Iberdrola Guggenheim

Iberdrola launches Carbon2Nature to develop high-impact nature-based solutions projects

Alphavalue/DIVACONS| The Spanish utility company has launched Carbon2Nature (C2N) with the aim of developing high-impact nature-based solutions projects that reduce the global carbon footprint, improve biodiversity and promote a sustainable economy, the energy company said. Iberdrola said the company was born out of the conviction that investing in nature is “essential to act against the climate and diversity crisis, while at the same time acting as a formula for creating…


Aena

Aena figures again exceed 2019 figures in July: 29.76 million passengers

Renta 4| Traffic figures for July exceed the figures recorded in 2019, after a month of June which for the first time in 2023 were below pre-pandemic levels, although these levels are below our forecasts, thus complicating the possibility of reaching the forecasts of 3% above 2019 for the year as a whole. Specifically, 29.76 million passengers were reached, equivalent to 101.2% compared to the same month in 2019, thanks…


ACS Cimic

ACS awarded €353 million contract to upgrade infrastructure at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska

Intermoney| ACS (ACS) (Buy, Target Price €40/share), through its North American subsidiary Turner, has been awarded a €353-million contract to upgrade the infrastructure of Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska. The work is aimed at improving the infrastructure at Offutt Air Force Base, located near Omaha in the state of Nebraska, in preparation for future flooding, after the facility suffered a flooding catastrophe in March 2019. A number of units…


ferrovial texas lbj

Ferrovial completes financing for expansion of North Tarrant toll road in Texas for almost €378 million

Link Securities | Ferrovial (FER) has completed the financing of the expansion of the North Tarrant Express (NTE) toll road in Texas (United States), for a total of 414 million dollars (almost 378 million euros), according to elConfidencial. According to a statement issued by the Spanish company on Friday, the transaction was carried out through the NTE Mobility Partners consortium, led by its subsidiary Cintra (62.9% stake), and within the…


urbas cartel obra

Urbas sells two blocks of new rental housing in Bilbao for €98 million

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | Urbas (UBS) announced to the CNMV the signing of a sale and purchase agreement whereby it has agreed to promote turnkey, to transfer on completion, to a European institutional fund specialising in residential, two blocks of new build rental housing on Isla Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao’s new Manhattan, the most important area of urban development and urban regeneration in the city in recent years, a development consisting of 314 homes,…


Tecnic

Técnicas Reunidas awarded contract in UAE potentially worth €1,636 million

Renta 4| The gas division of the state-owned oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc Gas) has reportedly awarded the Joint Venture formed by National Petroleum Construction Co. and Técnicas Reunidas (TRE) a contract worth up to $3.6 billion to expand its gas processing infrastructures in the UAE. Specifically, the contract calls for the construction of new gas processing facilities to optimise supply to the Ruwais industrial complex. The…


airbus A320

Improved supply chain situation helps Airbus deliver 65 aircraft in July, 381 so far this year

Banc Sabadell | Airbus (AIR) reported on Friday before the opening bell the delivery of 65 aircraft during the month of July (vs. 72 in June 2023 and vs. 46 in July 2022; +41%) bringing total deliveries in 2023 to 381 (vs 341 in July 2022). On the other hand, a total of 60 new orders and 3 cancellations were recorded during the month. Considering cancellations, net orders until July…


Acciona energia

DBRS Morningstar gives Acciona a ‘BBB’ rating; company wins AUS 120-million Majors Road Interchange project in Australia

Link Securities | Acciona (ANA) informed the CNMV that the credit rating agency DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS Morningstar) confirmed Acciona’s rating of ‘BBB’, as well as its short-term rating of ‘R-2 (middle)’, both with a ‘Stable’ trend. These ratings are Investment Grade. Meanwhile, according to Capital Bolsa.com, the Federal MP for Kingston, Amanda Rishworth, the Federal MP for Boothby, Louise Miller-Frost, the South Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Tom…


IAG

British Airways reaches agreement on 13% pay rise to curtail strike risk

On Friday, British Airways (IAG) (45% of 1H23 EBIT) and Unite (UK union) reached an agreement to increase pay by 13% in 2023 (~24,000 employees; excluding pilots). In addition, a one-off lump sum payment of £1,000 (~1,150 euros) was agreed. The agreement has already been approved by the union’s membership. Assessment: Positive news insofar as the risk of strike action is mitigated in peak season (~40/50% of EBIT is generated…