The premier trade event of the UAE’s aluminium industry, the 16th Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012) was held at the Grand Hyatt Doha, Qatar from 20 to 22 November. The conference, taking place under the patronage ...
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New mega projects will boost the UAE's investment in the petrochemicals industry to nearly USD 12 billion by 2015 to maintain its position as a major global producer of the gas based substance. According to official data, the investments ...
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Trade Arabia quoted an expert as saying that a projected USD 700 billion will be spent on refining infrastructure projects in the GCC region over the next few years. It was vital to design new projects to minimize maintenance costs and ...
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Aluminium production in the region is expected to surge to 9 million tonnes per year to account for between 15% and 17% of global output as investments in the sector climb to a projected USD 55 billion in 2022. The GCC is estimated to ...
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The increasing gap between the demand and supply of gas, due to rising demand and limited supply, is posing serious challenges before the GCC petrochemical industry, as the gap is likely to further widen in the coming years. While gas ...
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Greece-based dairy group Vivartia will expand its presence in the Middle East and North Africa via a joint venture with Exeed Industries. Vivartia's parent group, Marfin Investment Group, said today (28 September) the deal covers all of ...
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The Bahrain petroleum Company is featuring its latest projects and activities in the field of maintenance at a major conference in Bahrain. The second edition of the Middle East Maintenance Conference (MaintCon 2012) is being held under ...
According to an analysis of the industry by Frost & Sullivan, huge infrastructure spending in the Middle East is driving strong demand for steel and fuelling investment in steel projects. Crude steel production in the Middle East has ...
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UAE-After initial enquiries and a visit to the PLASA trade show in London in September,Dubai-based event production supplier Eclipse has made an investment in the new Martin Professional MAC Viper Profile,winner of a PLASA Innovation Award. ...
Arabian Business reported that Saudi Arabia has pledged USD 487 million assistance package to help support new development projects in Jordan. Mr Abdullah Ensour PM of Jordhan said that the first USD 125 million will be transferred soon ...
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Eyeing Middle East investment,a large number of Chinese textile and garment suppliers are participating in China Homelife Fair,a Chinese exposition going on at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Meorient International Group,organizer of the ...
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Swedish food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has signed a $2.5m agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Al Rabie Saudi Foods to install and field test its Tetra Prisma Aseptic 200 Sq filling line. The Tetra Prisma Aseptic 200 Sq ...
The Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC) for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences has entered into a five-year licensing agreement with Accelrys for scientific software, services and training. The investigators in the GCC Chemical Genomics (GCC-CG) ...
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Georgia Gulf Corporation (GGC), a leading North American manufacturer and international marketer of commodity chemicals as well as polymers, is considering buying a stake in any US-based ethylene plant to meet its raw material requirements. ...
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Gulf News reported that Arabtec Holding, UAE’s largest contractor has acquired 24% stake or 149.55 million shares in Depa Limited, a Dubai based leading interiors contractor from investment funds. Depa said that Arabtec has paid ...
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