According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, demand has continued to improve in the global long steel products market, especially in the Americas and ...
Tags: Long Steel Markets, Healthy Demand
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
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have emerged as the biggest markets among GCC states for the deployment of solar power, accounting for most of the projects. The six GCC countries altogether have sanctioned solar power installation projects worth ...
Tags: Solar Projects, GCC states
British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has opened a new engineering test centre in Dubai, UAE to undertake hot weather vehicle research, development and testing. The new facility having a footprint of 11,120sqft is ...
HSBC Middle East has inked an exclusive agreement with Zurich Insurance Middle East for distribution of its personal and commercial general insurance products in the UAE over the next ten years. Involving distribution in other Middle East ...
Tags: General Insurance, HSBC
SmartGlass International, the manufacturer of electronically switchable privacy glass, has announced that it is intensifying its expansion drive in the Middle East to take advantage of a new surge in property development and demand for ...
Tags: SmartGlass, electronically switchable privacy glass, MENA Markets
Twitter has officially launched business activities in the MENA region, unveiling a host of regional plans that will be completed in partnership with Connect Ads. Connect Ads will act an extension of Twitter’s own sales team in the ...
Tags: Twitter, business activities, MENA region
Union Cement Company, the UAE-based supplier of cements to various MENA markets, witnessed a return to profit in the six months to June 30 as it reversed a $2.4m loss in 2011 into a $5.6m profit. The company attributed the profits increase ...
Tags: market view, cement