Dubai Expo 2020 ‘driving infrastructure investment’

More than $8bn investment already allocated to transport and infrastructure projects in and around expo site. Expo 2020 Dubai is currently driving...

Saudi Railway opens Hail train station

The Northern Railway covers 2,750km and is the longest in KSA for passenger and freight transport. The Saudi Railway has officially opened...

GE signs $400m deal to build substations in Iraq

Agreement to address shortages in power supply across war-torn country. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) has signed an agreement worth over...

Thales to modernise 180km railway line in Egypt

Project part of plan by Ministry of Transport to revamp Egyptian railway infrastructure. Thales, a global technology giant in the aerospace and...

Abu Dhabi sees 6% growth in solar electricity production

Volume of total electricity consumption increased by 54.5 percent between 2011 and 2016. Production of solar electricity in Abu Dhabi reached 280,085...

Dubai Municipality starts geotechnical work on sewer project

Multi-billion dirham project to construct more than 70km of tunnels. Dubai Municipality has begun exploratory work for a major new sewage treatment...

Kuwait fund signs $42.5m loan for Egypt water deal

Project will provide drinking water in the Sinai Peninsula, one of Egypt’s most restive areas. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development...

UAE ‘has $63bn worth of active oil and gas projects’

BNC Network CEO says projects in the UAE account for 8% of the regional total. The total estimated value of active oil...

Work on Sharjah-Dubai bridge ‘to complete by Q3 2018’

The $54m bridge will increase road capacity to 17,700 cars per hour, from the current 9,900 . Work on a major Sharjah-Dubai...

UAE’s NPCC wins $326m Saudi Aramco contract

Deal involves EPC contract for offshore platforms and two pipelines for Al Safaniya oilfields. The UAE's National Petroleum Constructions Company (NPCC) has...