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Iraq awards contracts for the construction of a new residential city worth $2 billion

Iraq laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new residential city project on the borders of Baghdad, with a budget of $2 billion. Two Chinese companies began construction of 30,000 housing units. The project comes within a plan to build five cities throughout Iraq. Contracts for four more cities are expected to be

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Yamama Steel’s losses increased to 130.1 million riyals by the end of the year ending in September 2023

The losses of Al-Yamamah Steel Industries Company – Al-Yamama Steel -, which works in the manufacture of metal products to serve the construction, electricity and communications sectors, rose to 130.1 million riyals by the end of the year ending in September 2023, compared to losses of 26.7 million riyals achieved during the same period in

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Condolences on the death of the Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Condolence In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful His Excellency Mr. Awaad Al-Khalidi Chairman of Kuwait Steel Company Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Iron and Steel Union It is with great sadness and sadness that we received the news of the death of the late His Excellency

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Morocco: Sonasid obtains EPD certification for long steel products

Sonasid Group, the leading national steel company, has obtained the International Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificate for its long steel products (rebar and wire rod), thus becoming the first producer of long steel products in Morocco to obtain this certificate. “A certificate confirms the group’s position as a leading African company in the production of

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UAE: Research on green steel production in Khalifa Industrial City

Liberty Steel, a global steel producer, signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi Ports Group to develop solutions to import high-quality magnetite iron ore from Australia to the United Arab Emirates. The agreement would play an important role in decarbonising international iron and steel production by combining Liberty’s access to 4 billion tonnes of

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UAE launches a road map to decarbonize the sector by 93% by 2050

Osama Amir Fadl, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology for the Industrial Accelerators Sector, confirmed that the Ministry launched, during the COP28 Conference of the Parties, a road map for decarbonization in the industrial sector, with the aim of reducing emissions in the sector by 93% by 2050, which would remove

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Emirates Steel Arkan cooperates with Co&³A to support the decarbonization of the cement sector

Contributing to the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative, Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), one of the largest publicly traded steel and building materials manufacturers in the region, announced its strategic collaboration with renowned climate consulting firm A³&Co.® to drive an innovative decarbonization initiative across its Al Ain Cement Factory. The partnership, announced ahead of

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Oman: Laying the foundation stone for establishing an integrated green steel factory in Duqm

The foundation stone was laid yesterday in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm for an integrated factory project to produce green iron from hydrogen, with investments exceeding $3 billion (one billion and 158 million Omani riyals), to serve as a new start for industrial development in the Sultanate of Oman. The project implemented by Folken

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Emirates Steel Arkan showcases its solutions to reduce carbon at (COP28)

Emirates Steel Arkan Group announced its broad participation in the work of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). In line with the UAE’s strategic initiative to achieve climate neutrality, by 2050. Its goals are to combat climate change, reduce carbon emissions, and limit global warming. As

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Saudi Arabia mining strategy boosts steel demand for the next ten years

Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Mining Affairs, Engineer Khalid bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer, confirmed that the mining strategy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will enhance the increase in demand for steel in the Kingdom during the next ten years. This came during his participation in the activities of the Arab Mining Conference

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Emirates Steel Arkan and Masdar to develop first project to produce steel based on green hydrogen

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has partnered with Emirates Steel Arkan, (ADX: EMSTEEL), one of the largest publicly traded steel and building materials manufacturers in the region, to develop an innovative green hydrogen project to decarbonize the hard-to-abate steel sector in the UAE. The

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Emirates Steel Arkan hosts a conference on the sustainability of the steel industry

Emirates Steel Arkan Group is hosting the 26th session of the Middle East Iron and Steel Conference, which will be held on November 20-22 in Dubai. During this event, the group will showcase its efforts in sustainable manufacturing, which supports the UAE’s climate neutrality strategy. This event brings together many senior decision makers to discuss

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Sultan Al Jaber: 160 heads of state and government participate in “COP28”

Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber stressed that the UAE’s hosting of this conference, which will be the largest international conference hosted by the country, and the most important global conference focused on addressing the repercussions of climate change, is a source of pride and pride for all citizens and residents, and a historical milestone

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“Saudi Pipes” signs a contract worth 105 million riyals to supply pipes to “Tennars Global”

Saudi Pipe Company won contracts to supply steel pipes for oil and gas to Tenares Global Service in Uruguay, worth 105 million Saudi riyals. The company said in a statement to Tadawul Saudi Arabia, today, Wednesday, that the contracts were awarded and signed on November 8 for a period of 8 months. The financial impact

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Kuwait authorizes the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transport to complete bids for the railway agreement

The Central Agency for Public Tenders authorized the General Authority for Roads and Land Transport to complete bids for the detailed study and design project agreement, and to prepare documents for the first-stage railway tender, after the Authority opened the 9 bids submitted for the tender. Authority sources pointed out that completing the agreement’s bids

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Saudi Arabia: “Hadeed” allocations cost “SABIC” 2.88 billion riyals

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world, announced on Thursday that it had recorded a decline of about 17 percent in third-quarter revenues and a net loss. SABIC said in a disclosure that it recorded a net loss of 2.88 billion riyals ($768 million) during the three

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CEO of Emirates Steel Arkan: 300 million dirhams, the size of the company’s cash flow

Saeed Ghumran Al Rumaithi, CEO of Emirates Steel Arkan, stressed the company’s strong financial solvency, noting that the volume of its cash liquidity amounts to about 300 million dirhams. Al Rumaithi revealed, in a statement to CNBC, that the company had written off about 61% of its debt portfolio, bringing it down to about 420

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CEO of Riyadh Steel: We have a plan to establish a new factory to expand and diversify product categories

CEO of Riyadh Steel Company, Ahmed bin Abdulkarim Al-Nafi, said that the company has a plan to establish a new factory near the city of Riyadh, which will allow it to expand and diversify the types of products offered to customers. In an interview with Arqaam, Al-Nafi pointed out that regional iron consumption is expected

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Al Jazeera Steel’s profits increased by 11% during January – September 2023

The profits of Al-Jazeera Steel Company, which operates in the iron pipe industry, rose to 2.41 million Omani riyals (19 baisa/share) by the end of the first nine months of 2023, compared to profits of 2.18 million riyals achieved in the same period in 2022, as the following table shows: Income List Period September 2022

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An agreement between Oman, Etihad Rail and Emirates Steel Arkan to transport limestone

Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the railway network linking the Sultanate of Oman and the UAE, signed a memorandum of understanding with Emirates Steel Arkan , the largest iron and building materials Production Company in the UAE, to export raw materials from the Sultanate of Oman to the UAE. Under

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Emirates Steel Arkan becomes member of multi-stakeholder ‘ResponsibleSteel’ organization

Emirates Steel Arkan , one of the largest publicly traded steel and building materials manufacturers in the region, announced that it has become a member of “ResponsibleSteel” under the business category. ResponsibleSteel is a global not-for-profit multistakeholder standard and certification initiative that serves as a driving force in the socially and environmentally responsible production of

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