In a move to overhaul an inefficient industrial sector, Libya is considering the sale of Misrata-based steel plant Libyan Iron and Steel Co (LISCO), along with eight other state-owned companies from various sectors, Libyan Industry Minister ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
"2013 has been a good year although not as good as expected, because of the difficulties in the European steel markets and the extra cost in some projects in North Africa and the Middle East" stated Gianpietro Benedetti, chairman and CEO of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is learned that Iranian company Yahan Fulad has signed contract with Iranian-German Company MMTE and Iranian-Italian company Tenova, which agreed to build a new mill at Siryan City. This investment costs around €79 million totally ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
At present, Baoste's product cutting, processing & distribution has firstly exported to north Africa region. Till now, Baosteel has massively supplied 800t to Egypt users, which means Baosteel's cutting & processing products have entered ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Rather than automobiles, it is the construction industry that is more open to using innovative glass products, Saint-Gobain Glass India has found. So much so, the Indian subsidiary of the French multinational has started pitching some of ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
An aggressive global expansion strategy will see Porsche enter 15 new countries by the end of the decade, mainly across Africa. Porsche’s global sales chief, Bernard Maier, told Bloomberg the strategy was about gaining brand ...
Oil producers are currently doing a good job of balancing world oil market fundamentals, but it is too early to say if OPEC will leave crude production levels unchanged when it next meets in December, UAE oil minister Suhail al-Mazrouei ...
Tags: Oil Producers, Oil Minister
Octal, a Oman-based supplier of rigid food packaging material, will supply recyclable DPET/PE trays to Saudi Arabian dairy food firm Almarai's poultry product line, Alyoum. Almarai will replace its traditional polypropylene / polyethylene ...
Tags: DPET/PE Trays, Packaging
Actuated Medical, a US-based medical device company, has obtained the additional US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its TubeClear system. The company has added several new clearing stem models for the TubeClear system and ...
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Today, Ericsson released the first edition of its Networked Society MENA City Index at the Networked Society Forum in Dubai, UAE. The report analyzes the levels of ICT-driven benefits created in 11 of the Middle East and North Africa ...
Tags: Ericsson, Consumer Electronics
OligoMedic, a manufacturer of osteoarthritis products, has announced that it will launch its JointRep product, an injectable implant designed to treat cartilage articular joint defects and reduce articular pain. JointRep is a simple ...
ACE has received a license from the Tunisian Ministry of Finance to set up its reinsurance operation in the country, which is part of its continued strategy to boost business across Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The global ...
Tags: Insurance License
Ferrero, an Italian manufacturer of chocolate and other confectionery products, has unveiled a new EUR95m manufacturing facility in Aegean province of Manisa, Turkey, to further strengthen its local presence and enter new markets in North ...
Tags: Ferrero, Agriculture, Food, chocolate
Reporting a 34% revenue increase year on year in 2012 and expecting sales for the second half of 2013 to climb from the flat first half, L&L Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., a leading heavy-duty-lathe maker in Taiwan, is moving in a new ...
Utility pull drives US solar market to new high 10 Sep 2013 California leads installations and First Solar remains the largest module provider. First Solar modules Nearly a gigawatt of solar photovoltaic (PV) generating capacity was ...
Tags: Solar Market, Lights, Lighting