Arab

Saudi Arabia

CMA CGM Plots Expansion in Saudi Arabia With $450M Jeddah Terminal JV

French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has advanced its Middle East expansion by signing a term sheet with Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal (R…

India

India’s Rice Exporters Seek Deals With Emerging Markets After Strong Monsoon

India’s rice exporters are preparing to secure deals for the new season’s crop with buyers in emerging markets, including Iraq, Indonesia, and Saudi…

Solar Battery (Storage)

UAE Breaks Ground on Dh22bn Solar and Battery Storage Project

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has begun construction of a Dh22 billion ($5.99 billion) renewable energy project featuring a 5.2-gigawatt (GW) solar photovoltai…

Thermal Plant

Pemco to Construct 200MW Gas-Piston Power Plant in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia-based engineering, manufacturing and construction company Pemco will initiate the construction of a 200MW gas-piston power plant in Samarkand by th…

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Selects Contractor for $1.4bn Performing Arts Centre

Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company has awarded a construction contract worth about $1.4 billion to local contractor Nesma & Partners for the develo…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Energy China Secures 5 GW EPC Deal in Saudi Arabia

China Energy Engineering Corporation (Energy China) announced that a consortium formed by its subsidiaries — China Energy International Construction Group, Gua…

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Gets World’s First Crypto Tower

The Crypto Tower, the world’s first commercial building dedicated to the decentralized internet and digital assets, is under development in Dubai’s …

Saudi Arabia

Center3 and HUMAIN Sign Framework Agreement to “Connect” the Kingdom’s AI Ambitions

HUMAIN, a leading artificial intelligence company in Saudi Arabia owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has entered into a strategic framework agreement wi…

Metal

Aramco Trading Pushes Into Metals, Plans Copper Hires

Saudi Aramco’s trading arm, Aramco Trading, is entering the metals market by developing a copper trading portfolio and recruiting specialized traders. The…

Photovoltaic （PV）

EWEC Awards Development of 1.5GW Khazna Solar PV Project to Engie and Masdar

The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has awarded the development of the 1.5GW Khazna Solar Photovoltaic (PV) AC independent power project in Abu Dh…

Oil & Gas Trade

Algeria Signs $5.4 Billion Oil and Gas Deal With Saudi Firm Midad Energy

Algeria’s state-owned energy company Sonatrach announced on Monday that it has signed a production-sharing contract worth approximately $5.4 billion with …

Saudi Arabia

Songwon to Develop One Pack Systems Production Facility in Saudi Arabia

Songwon Industrial Co., a leading global manufacturer of polymer stabilizers, has announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art One Pack Systems (OPS) product…

Saudi Arabia

Songwon Announces Investment to Establish Production Facility for Polymer Additives in Saudi Arabia

Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea; www.songwon.com), a leading global manufacturer of polymer stabilizers, has announced a major investment to es…

Saudi Arabia

Stc, Solutions Sign $62M Deal to Expand Data Centres Across Saudi Arabia

Arabian Internet and Communications Services Company (Solutions) has signed a contract worth SAR 313.39 million (approximately $62 million) with Saudi Telecom C…

United Arab Emirates

UAE President Meets OpenAI CEO to Discuss AI Collaboration

On Saturday, September 27, 2025, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman in Abu Dhabi to d…