The Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise awarded a 29.5 million US dollar contract to Huyton Inc Company. The contract is for the supply of coal to realize Ethiopia’s plan to use coal as fuel in cement factories.
The contract to be signed next week is for the import of a minimum of 650,000 tons of coal every month beginning from next month, for one year.
The Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise announced the resumption of importing benzene from Sudan as of August 12, 2013 after four months suspension.
According to a letter written to all the nine oil retailers operating in Ethiopia, the enterprise announced that all dealers should mobilize their trucks to import fuel from Nile Petroleum Depot located in Al Shagara, near Khartoum.
Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Share Company (EPHARM) announced that it has started large-scale production of hand sanitizers and face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Ethiopia. EPHARM made the announcement at an event held to launch the production effort.
Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supplies Agency (EPSA) announced that it has imported medicines worth over a billion birr and they are ready for distribution.
Captain Desta Zeru, Vice President Flight Operations will fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Haikou China to Addis Ababa on the 11th of December. The Dreamliner will make a stop in Ethiopia as part of the Dream Tour promoting the 787. 
The ‘Dream Tour’ will allow Boeing customers and partners across the world to experience the innovative technology offered on the company’s most fuel efficient aircraft to date said a statement from Boeing.
