Manufacturing and mining

Iraq tenders three cement plant projects

Bids are due to be submitted before a deadline on 23 June 2026
05 June 2026
Chinese firm breaks ground on $1.1bn Oman battery plant

Hunan Zhongke Electric Company plans to develop a 200,000-tonne-a-year anode materials facility at Sohar Port and Freezone in two phases
03 June 2026
May 2026: Data drives regional projects

Oil prices average over $117 a barrel in April, while there are sharp gains for most commodities as supply chains are tested by the regional conflict
31 May 2026

US publishes guides to investing in Syria

25 May 2026

Kuwait’s Heisco working on active projects worth $3.5bn

22 May 2026

India’s Jindal Steel to build $390m facility in Oman

18 May 2026

Conflict dents Alba production and sales in Q1 2026

13 May 2026

Chinese-Saudi joint venture to build $566m copper plant

12 May 2026

Chinese company signs deal to develop Syria cement plant

12 May 2026

UAE firm to build graphene production unit in Abu Dhabi

11 May 2026

Egypt to expand Nag Hammadi aluminium complex

06 May 2026

UAE signs aircraft deal with Brazil’s Embraer

05 May 2026

Oman secures $550m-worth of industrial investments

01 May 2026

Resilience to define the next phase of competitiveness in the UAE

01 May 2026

Contractors submit Saudi Arabia phosphate rail track bids

30 April 2026

Gulf contractors face post-war materials squeeze

28 April 2026

Oman awards manganese exploration concession deal

28 April 2026

April 2026: Data drives regional projects

24 April 2026

Chinese company approves $68.5m biotech project in Egypt

22 April 2026

Emirates Global Aluminium to acquire 80% stake in Italian firm

21 April 2026

Entries now open for MEED Projects Awards 2026

21 April 2026

Chinese firm plans $2bn Egypt aluminium plant

14 April 2026

Construction to start for Egypt animal feed project

02 April 2026

Iran strikes Gulf aluminium after hits on Iranian steel

30 March 2026

Emirates Global Aluminium facility hit by Iranian missiles

30 March 2026

Operator confirms attack on Bahrain aluminium plant

30 March 2026

March 2026: Data drives regional projects

27 March 2026

Algeria begins construction of Oued Amizour mining project

24 March 2026

Feasibility study launched for Morocco mining project

18 March 2026

Alba to acquire EU’s largest primary aluminium producer

06 March 2026

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