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Arabtec unit wins $42mln Dubai sewerage contract
The company will complete variation to its DS189 sewerage and drainage contract by the end of 2019
Egyptian Competition Authority refers 70 brick factories to Prosecutor General
The authority said that the factories’ owners agreed among themselves to raise and stabilise the sale prices of clay bricks.
Losberger De Boer names new Middle East head
Jim Muldoon as its new managing director for the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia region with base in Dubai, UAE.
Egypt to offer shares in new cement plant on stock market
The plant has an annual capacity of 13 million tonnes
DEWA commissions 2MWp Solar Carport project
This project covers a total of 885 parking spaces in the two locations
UAE launches next stage of Al Badiya Bridge project
The scope of work includes the construction of slip roads at the Al Badiya intersection
Dubai's Nakheel reports 4% fall in first-half profit
Developer says 38 percent of revenue now generated from recurring sources
Bahrain's key housing project set for 2018 completion
The entire construction of the 310,000-sq-m residential development will be over by the end of this year, says minister
Egypt's Abu Zenima industrial zone expects $280mln for development
The project will create an industrial boom for the whole governorate
Bahrain's Cityview construction completed
Bahrain-based Cityview Real Estate Development Company said it has completed the company’s Cityview residential tower located in the Seef District.
Insights
China may end up inadvertent winner from Trump's aluminium tariffs: Russell
China's aluminium producers do have spare capacity
A turbulent year for alumina market could get still worse: Andy Home
The intermediate product sitting between bauxite and refined metal on aluminium production chain doesn’t normally grab the headlines. But it did in April, when the spot price doubled to over $700 per tonne.
Bringing China to the Middle East in a big way
China is a key investor in sectors such as real estate and construction