Speakers at the 9th Annual Forum of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) stressed on the fact that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) petrochemicals sector has to leverage opportunities in order to overcome challenges ...
“Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chemical and petrochemical producers have reduced energy consumption per ton by 8% over the last two years through technical renovations,” says a sustainability report. According to the Gulf ...
National Titanium Dioxide Company, Ltd. (Cristal) said it has acquired the titanium dioxide (TiO2) business of China based, Jiangxi Tikon Titanium Company Ltd. The transaction which consists of a combination of assets and equity is ...
UAE-based Alliance Plastics will be investing around $4-5.4m (Dh15-20m) in the first phase of facility expansion to meet the growing demand for industrial plastic packaging products from the local and GCC markets. The company has invested ...
Tags: plastic packaging, Agriculture
The Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC), the leading producer of methanol in Qatar, is set to organize the first-ever Middle East Methanol Forum on the 26th of November, 2014 at Sharq Village and Spa, in Doha. QAFAC will conduct the ...
Tags: Methanol, Fuel Additives
UK lighting manufacturer Future Designs has launched operations in the Middle East. The manufacturer began operations in the UAE through a strategic partnership with Acoulite, a lighting and acoustics business, which has been active in ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, office lighting
US-based Minerals Technologies (MTI) has signed an agreement with Zhejiang Zhengda Paper Group to build a satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant in Zhejiang Province, China. Expected to be operational in the fourth quarter ...
Strong regional multi-stakeholder partnerships will be the key for a dynamic, flexible and growth-driven petrochemicals industry, said industry experts at the sixth Supply Chain conference, organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals ...
Tags: Petrochem, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
We had the opportunity to speak with Kim Marti Subirana from Celsa Group, the president of IREPAS, during the SteelOrbis Spring 2014 Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting held on March 30-April 1 in Barcelona. Mr. Marti, how do you view the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Huawei has unveiled its Ascend P7 smartphone in Europe, and has said it will be available in the GCC from June. Following its Ascend P6, the new 4G LTE-enabled smartphone features a 5-inch full high definition display, 8MP front-facing ...
Tags: Huawei, Cellphone, smartphone
UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced that it has launched its new steel sheet pile product, becoming the only steel manufacturer in the Middle East to develop and sell sheet piles. Emirates Steel plans to ...
Tags: Emirates Steel, sheet piles
According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in the MENA region, steel demand is expected to grow by 6.1 percent to 66.7 million mt in 2014 after a 0.9 percent increase in 2013. Worldsteel pointed out ...
Tags: Steel Demand, Mena Region
Through an initial 30-year agreement, Morgan is making an initial investment of AED 50 million (around £8.25 million) in a facility of more than 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2) within the base metals cluster in the Khalifa Industrial Zone, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Spring Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting in Barcelona, Bhaskar Dutta, CEO of the Omani steel and pipe manufacturer Al Jazeera Steel, stated that rebar consumption in the GCC countries is expected to rise to 12 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
An increase in construction activity and government funded infrastructure projects in Oman is set to boost the country s cement market. Demand for cement is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6% over the next four years, according to a ...
Tags: Cement, Construction