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BOOST FOR IKTVA SCHEME
Saudi Aramco signs 15 strategic deals worth $34bn
Saudi Aramco has signed 15 strategic and commercial collaborations valued at more than $34 billion with 15 partner companies from eight countries at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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53.6m TEU HANDLED
DP World reports 3.7pc container volume growth
DP World handled 53.6 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first nine months of 2018, with gross container volumes growing by 2.6 per cent year-on-year on a reported basis and 3.7 per cent on a like-for-like basis.
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GIANT PHOSPHATE COMPLEX
Korea's Daelim wins $892m Saudi Ma'aden plant contract
South Korea's construction giant Daelim has won a SR3.4-billion ($892 million) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Saudi Ma’aden for the first plant at its large-scale phosphate complex (Phosphate 3) in the kingdom.
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ANALYSIS
Electric vehicles ‘to reach 12pc of car sales by 2025’
Electric vehicles (EVs) will rise from 1 per cent of car sales in 2017 to 2.5 per cent in 2020, and 12 per cent in 2025 and 24 per cent when including full and plug in hybrid vehicles (xEVs), said the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML).
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ANALYSIS
Mena enterprise IT spend ‘will grow 9.8pc in 2019’
Mena spending on enterprise information security technology and services is on pace to reach $1.9 billion in 2019, an increase of 9.8 per cent over 2018, according to the latest forecast from research and advisory company Gartner.
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Saudi Ma'aden awards major phosphate plant contract
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FAB posts 16pc surge in Q3 net profit to $816m
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Five themes to shape the world over the next 5 years
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DP World reports 3.7pc container volume growth
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Banyan Tree Residences on track for 2019 opening
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Etisalat, Musanada partner for hospital project
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Maserati offers 7-year service package
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Saudi ‘to see 3m new female drivers by 2020’
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NMC Healthcare upgrades revenue growth estimates
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UAE to host 26th World Volunteer Conference
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Mercer opens new office in Abu Dhabi
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UAE’s FCSA signs 10 tie-ups to bolster data system
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