Bahra Cables Company, an affiliate of Saudi-based Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), is set to open its new automated storage facility on a sprawling 10,000 sq m of land in…
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MMFX Steel starts production in UAE
MMFX Steel DMCC, the Mideast subsidiary of US-based , has started production of its proprietary MMFX2 concrete reinforcing steels (“rebar”) in the UAE with International Quality Steel (IQS). IQS, headquartered…
SR 63 billion Maaden investment big boost for mining sector
Total investment of Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has reached SR63 billion, its CEO Khaled bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer announced yesterday during a meeting with Riyadh Gov. Prince Sattam. Al-Mudaifer briefed…
Saudi mining exploration produces high-grade gold
KEFI Minerals Friday revealed high- grade exploration results from the Hikyrin South and Selib North gold projects in Saudi Arabia, UK-based Proactiveinvestors reported. So far it has completed mapping, trenching…
State-run Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation plans to double production
State-run Saudi utility Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) plans to nearly double energy-intensive desalinated water production to almost six million cubic metres per day by the end of 2015, its…
Saudi Arabia share accounts for 75% in GCC plastic industries
The volume of annual production of plastic industries in the GCC countries is set to grow by 73 percent in 2015 from the current levels of 13.6 million tons to…
Saudi Arabia aims to become an industrial state
Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah yesterday reaffirmed the Kingdom’s desire to become an advanced industrialized country. “The ministry has also resolved to fight cover-up businesses that incur heavy losses…
Saudi Arabia petrochem capacities expanding
[Restricted to Subscribers] – By 2015, the Kingdom’s ethylene and propylene capacities will rise to 16.52 million tpa and 6.55 million tpa respectively, with Saudi Kayan’s commercial operation in 2011…
Hill & Knowlton unit wins PR recognition
Hill & Knowlton Strategies, a significant player and innovator in the Middle East PR industry, has been named the Middle East Public Relations Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes…
New technologies spur advertising in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s advertising market represents 45 percent of the Gulf region’s SR 8.4 billion market, the recently held “Saudi Advertising Market Symposium 2012: Expectations and Challenges,” in Jeddah revealed. The…
