India’s L&T scoops $161m Riyadh Metro deal

India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction has bagged a $161.37 million order for the construction of the tracks for Lines 1 and...

Infrastructure

Qatar Rail issues tender to manage first phase of GCC network link

Qatar Railways Company has announced the issue of a tender to appoint a project manager for the first phase of the country’s...

Infrastructure

UAE: $35m power station opens in Umm Al Quwain

A $35 million power station has opened in Umm Al Quwain in the UAE, according to the state news agency WAM.The Federal...

Infrastructure

Oman-India venture in $20m Duqm SEZ waste treatment deal

Contractor Hasan Juma Backer (HJB) and India’s Tatva Global Environment have been awarded a contract to build a $20 million waste-treatment facility in...

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Qatar’s Kahramaa awards $535m substation contract to Siemens

Germany’s Siemens has bagged a €470 million ($535.3m) order from the Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (Kahramaa) to deliver 18 turnkey...

Infrastructure

Gulf airport construction set to grow by almost 8% a year

Airport construction in the Gulf region is set to grow by almost 8% a year until 2019, a report by TechNavio has...

Infrastructure

Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port to be distribution hub for Dow Chemicals

Logistics giant DP World has struck a deal with a Dow Chemical Company affiliate to support distribution of its products from Dubai’s...

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Oman’s Duqm Refinery floats tender for service corridor

The Duqm Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZAD) in Oman has floated a tender for building a service corridor between the Duqm Refinery...

Infrastructure

Dubai-based Altaaqa Global signs new CCO

The Dubai-based Altaaqa Global, a provider of temporary power services, has appointed Julian Ford as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective July 1,...

Infrastructure

Railway linking six Gulf states ‘on track to open in 2018’

A railway linking all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states is scheduled to be operational by 2018, according to press reports.The planned passenger...