Metals & Mining
Middle East metals & mining news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.
Metals & Mining News
Sohar rolling mill to diversify
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company plans to increase production
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Emal asks banks to commit on export credit facility
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Abu Dhabi plans $1.5bn aluminium rolling mill
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Rio Tinto Alcan calls for Middle East co-operation
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Rival bidder enters race to buy Shadeed Iron & Steel
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Sohar Aluminium chief stakes claim for gas allocation
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Middle East aluminium demand on increase
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Emal wins MEED aluminium award
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Abu Dhabi's Emirates Steel favourite to buy Shadeed
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Ferrostaal sells first cable recycling plant in UAE
Metals & Mining Analysis
Seoul opens up a new Silk Road
South Korean firms won more than $71bn of contracts in the region last year. MEED charts their rise
Metals & Mining Special Reports
Special Report: Metals & Mining - Gulf states target copper
The Middle East is well placed to take advantage of a anticipated surge in global copper prices. Saudi Arabia is leading the way in mining its copper deposits, with two new mines in the kingdom scheduled to start commercial production by the end of 2011, the largest of which, the Jabal Sayid project, will produce 57,000 tonnes a year of copper in concentrate.
Metals & Mining Data
Tapping the demand for copper
The region has huge potential for copper mining, with Saudi Arabia becoming the latest country to show growth in the market
Algeria bringing in foreign expertise to develop the Tala Hamza mine
International firms are sparking a revival in the Algerian mining sector with their investment and new technologies
Metals & Mining Tenders
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Iran: Synthetic cryolite
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Iran: Aluminium fluoride
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Iran: Coal tar pitch
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Iran: Sulphuric acid and smelting plants
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Iran: Steel rolling mill expansion (Closing date extension)
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Iran: Iron ore production expansion
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Syria: Seamless steel tubing
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Algeria: Chrome/steel pipes
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Iraq: Steel liquid chlorine cylinders
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Algeria: Steel piping
Metals & Mining Contracts Awarded
Middle East contracts awarded: 9 March 2010
Almost $2.4bn worth of contracts have been awarded across the Middle East up to 9 March 2010, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports
Middle East contracts awarded: February 2010
Almost $3.5bn worth of contracts have been awarded across the Middle East in February 2010, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports
