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Saudi Arabia’s Maaden’s Q2 profit triples to $1.1bn

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) reported Q2 2022 net profit more than tripled to SAR 4.03 billion ($1.07 billion) from SAR 1.10 billion in the year-earlier period on higher sales prices and increased production. Sales revenue stood at SAR 11.87 billion in Q2 2022 compared to SAR 6.10 billion in the prior period, the mining […]

Dubai utility DEWA’s Q2 profit up 37% on growing energy demand

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported a net profit of AED 2.61 billion ($707.9 million), up 37 percent year-on-year, in the second quarter of 2022 on higher energy demand. Revenue rose 14 percent year-on-year to AED 7.01 billion during the three month period ended June 30, 2022. The utility provider’s first half of 2022 […]

Oman’s hotel revenues surge 121.4% in H1 2022

Revenues of hotels in Oman surged 121.4 percent year-on-year to reach 83.36 million rials ($217 million) by the end of June 2022 year-on-year (YoY), state-owned Oman News Agency reported, citing the National Centre for Statistics and Information. The number of guests in the three and five-star hotel categories increased 44.6 percent YoY in the first […]

Snap eyes Qatar office to support local creators

US social media firm Snap Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qatar’s Government Communications Office (GCO) to open a new office in Doha, expanding its footprint across the Middle East. This move is part of Snap’s efforts to work closely with local partners and businesses to grow the country’s digital landscape, GCO said […]

The latest deal between PIF, Ferrovial and other Heathrow Airport Holdings shareholders values the London airport at £8.7 billion

Saudi PIF joins France’s Ardian to bid for Heathrow stake

French private equity firm Ardian is looking at a possible joint proposal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to buy Spainish firm Ferrovial’s 25 percent stake in London’s Heathrow, Reuters reported, citing informed sources. The sources said that Ardian has talked with its own advisers on a possible joint proposal with the Saudi sovereign […]

VAT contributes $896m to Oman’s state budget

Value-added tax contributed nearly 345 million rials ($896 million) to Oman’s state budget, which reported a surplus of 784 million rials in first half of 2022, the Ministry of Finance said in its latest fiscal performance bulletin. Last year, VAT was introduced in Oman at a five percent rate under the GCC framework.  Excise tax contributed 48 million rials. […]

German insurer Allianz weighs stake sale in Saudi subsidiary

German insurer Allianz SE is weighing a sale of its Saudi Arabian unit, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The German insurer is working with an adviser on the potential disposal of its controlling stake in Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Co. Other insurers have expressed preliminary interest in acquiring the business. Deliberations […]

Car, Automobile, Transportation

Dubai plans to raise $1bn from IPO of Salik road toll system

Dubai is planning to raise about $1 billion by selling shares in the city’s Salik road-toll collection system as early as next month, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Salik has taken out a $1.1 billion loan from Dubai’s largest bank, Emirates NBD, to pay a special dividend to the government ahead of […]

Saudi reforms aim to attract $3.79 trillion in investment by 2030

Saudi Arabia has passed over 600 economic reforms designed to attract SAR 12.4 trillion ($3.3 trillion) of cumulative investment and SAR 1.8 trillion in foreign direct investment inflows between 2021 and 2030, Saad Al-Shahrani, acting deputy minister for investment promotion in the Ministry of Investment, told Arab News. The reforms are part of Saudi Vision […]

UAE’s Mubadala Capital to acquire Canadian logistics firm

Mubadala Capital, the asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, entered into an agreement to acquire Canada Cartage, a short-haul trucking and logistics firm, WAM, the UAE state news agency, reported. Canada Cartage currently operates through a network of 33 facilities across Canada. It has two business segments: dedicated transportation and logistics. Scotiabank is acting […]

Car, Automobile, Vehicle

Abu Dhabi wealth funds may invest in planned Porshe IPO

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds – Mubadala Investment Co. and ADQ – are likely to become anchor investors for the possible initial public offering (IPO) of Volkswagen-owned luxury carmaker Porsche, Bloomberg reported, citing informed sources. State-owned entities in other Gulf markets, including Saudi Arabia, are also being considered as potential investors in one of Europe’s […]

Restaurant, Food Court, Food

Kuwait’s Alghanim Industries mulls minority stake listing

Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries’ executive chairman of Kutayba Y. Alghanim has announced plans to list a minority stake on Boursa Kuwait’s Premier Market, Kuwait Times reported.  “I would like to announce my intention of exploring the possibility of publicly listing a minority interest of the Kutayba Alghanim Group (Alghanim Industries) on the Premier Market of Boursa Kuwait,” […]

Building, Water, Shoreline

Dubai receives 7.1m tourists in first half of 2022

Dubai attracted 7.12 million international overnight visitors between January and June 2022, recording more than 183 percent year-on-year growth, UAE state news agency WAM reported, citing the latest data from Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET). According to the DET data, the number of tourists received in H1 2022 was close to the numbers […]

Land, Nature, Outdoors

Saudi Arabia completes work on longest water bridge on Red Sea

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind the mega Red Sea project, has completed the construction of Shurayrah Bridge, the longest water bridge in Saudi Arabia, according to a local media report. The company celebrated the installation of the last concrete block, weighing 400 tonnes, in the construction of the bridge that is […]

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to develop solar, wind projects in Tanzania

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has signed an agreement with Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd. (TANESCO) to develop renewable energy projects with a total capacity of up to two gigawatts (GW). Through a joint venture, the two companies are initially targeting the development of renewable energy projects with a capacity of about 600 megawatts (MW), starting with […]

Saudi PIF-owned firm plans $29bn worth of water projects

Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC) intends to tender 1,429 projects worth more than SAR108 billion ($28.80 billion), the state-owned utility services provider said in a statement. The announcement by NWC, which is owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund (PIF), continued the company’s plans to develop water and environmental infrastructure projects […]

Middle East air traffic takes off in June on global tourism revival

Middle Eastern airlines reported a 246.5 percent year-on-year rise in passenger traffic in June 2022, driven by a continued recovery in international traffic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a new report. International revenue passenger per kilometres (RPKs) currently stands at 25 percent below its level in June 2019 for the regional airlines. […]

Theme Park, Amusement Park, Urban

UAE to invest $1b in Pakistan’s economic, investment sectors

The UAE plans to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies across various economic and investment sectors, UAE state-owned news agency WAM reported, citing an official source in Abu Dhabi. The move aims to explore new investment opportunities in projects across various sectors and expand bilateral economic relations. Additionally, it emphasises the keenness of the UAE […]

Golden Town has started work on its first project, Fort Tower in Downtown

Egyptian developer launches $26m mixed-use project

Egypt’s Golden Town Real Estate Development has launched the first phase of its EGP500 million ($26.14 million) mixed-used project, Cascada, in the New Administrative Capital. The expected total sales value is more than EGP750 million, the company said in a statement. The developer intends to invest within and outside the administrative capital, chairman Raafat Maher […]

Sinopec Limited's parent, Sinopec Group, is the world's largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate

Aramco partners with Chinese giant for projects in Saudi

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) on Wednesday signed an agreement with China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to develop projects in the kingdom, underscoring the strong investment links between the two countries. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covered a number of areas including potential collaborations across upstream and downstream businesses, engineering and construction, oilfield services, […]

Saudi-backed Lucid cuts 2022 EV output by half amid logistics woes

US-based Lucid Group on Wednesday reduced its production outlook for electric vehicles (EVs) in 2022, citing supply chain and logistics challenges. In a statement, the company, which is 60 percent owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund, expects to produce between 6,000 and 7,000 luxury electric vehicles this year, down from 12,000 […]

Saudi Arabia bids to host Asian Winter Games in NEOM

The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) has officially submitted a letter of interest to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host the 10th Asian Winter Games in 2029 in TROJENA, NEOM’s global destination for mountain tourism. The letter included a brief introduction about the Saudi Vision 2030, which will support TROJENA to host […]