India’s Tata Steel partners with IDC in the Middle East

Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced a partnership with the International Development Company (IDC) to strengthen its presence in the Middle...

Infrastructure

Etihad Rail set to begin work on Saudi Arabia, Oman routes

Etihad Rail says it has completed stage one of the project and is awaiting approval to begin work on 628km of track...

Infrastructure

Empower bags $32m district cooling work for Bluewaters Island in Dubai

Emirates Central Cooling Systems (Empower) says it has won an AED125 million ($32m) district cooling contract for Dubai developer Meraas’ flagship Bluewaters...

Infrastructure

Ramboll wins district cooling contract for Mecca project

Ramboll Middle East has secured a contract to act as technical advisor for a 500 MW district cooling project in Mecca, Saudi...

Infrastructure

New Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway 60% complete

Construction of a new 62km highway linking Abu Dhabi with Dubai is 60% complete, with the AED2.1 billion ($572 million) project running...

Infrastructure

Kuwait plans new airport terminal amid delays in wider expansion

Kuwait is planning to build an additional passenger terminal amid delays in the broader expansion of its international airport, Reuters reported.The new...

Infrastructure

GCC roads ‘in need of drainage’ despite lack of rain – expert

GCC countries should invest in adequate drainage systems despite not receiving much rain, an expert has urged. Flooding caused by rainfall in...

Infrastructure

Dubai’s DEWA names preferred bidder in $1.8bn clean coal project

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced a consortium including Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Harbin Electric as preferred...

Infrastructure

Saudi Aramco ‘considers new $20bn Red Sea refining complex’

State-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco is considering building a $20 billion refining and petrochemical complex at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast,...

Infrastructure

Dubai’s DEWA awards consultancy contract for solar park R&D centre

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded Stantec International an engineering consultancy contract to build a laboratory for research and...