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Petrochemicals Special Report: Gulf eyes plastics conversion industry
The Gulf’s petrochemicals industry has traditionally produced base chemicals, such as olefins, for sale to global consumers, who then converted them into finished products
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Metals & Mining Special Report: Cheap fuels could make region a steel processing hub
Ongoing turmoil in the global economy has made gold a relatively safe haven for investors
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Petrochemicals Special Report: Focus shifts downstream
As a wave of investment in basic petrochemicals production draws to a close in the Middle East, attention is moving further downstream
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Metals & Mining Special Report: Middle East invests in phosphates
Morocco does not dominate many league tables, but when it comes to phosphates, it is far and away the most well-endowed country
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Gulf hit by oversupply
After a poor start to the year, when the Gulf’s petrochemicals companies reported record losses, petrochemical prices have slowly improved and demand is expected to pick up as the year end
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Special Report: Oman - Muscat boosts non-GCC trade links
In a year when Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been investing in agricultural land in Africa and Asia to meet their food needs, Oman is concentrating on the development of its own agriculture industry for both its domestic needs and to earn revenues from exports.
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Gulf avoids plant closures
The global petrochemicals industry has been enduring a miserable time thanks to the slump in demand for plastics. An estimated 20 per cent of the world’s crackers, which produce the basic components for the petrochemicals industry, have been shut down in response to the lack of demand.
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Special Report: Metals & Mining - Gulf defies slump in metals and mining markets
Saudi Arabia’s plans for the aluminium industry, which encompass every stage in the supply chain from mine to smelter, will be a rare example of integrated production in the Gulf.
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Special Report: MEED 100 - The Middle East's top 100 listed companies in 2009
Saudi Arabian companies dominate this year’s MEED 100, with companies listed on the Tadawul accounting for 29 out of the region’s 100 biggest publicly quoted companies ranked by market capitalisation. Just three of the 20 companies that have dropped out of the top 100 over the past year are listed on the Saudi stock exchange.
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Special Report: Qatar - Gas exports fuel economic growth
The hotel lobbies and restaurants of Doha are still buzzing with the sound of business meetings, unlike most other cities in the Gulf. “There is no sign of a recession in Doha,” says one visiting banker.
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Special Report: Sector outlook 2009
MEED looks at what the year holds in store for the key sectors - banking, construction, energy, industry, petrochemicals, power and water and transport - as well as taking an overview of oil, projects and the Mena economy.
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Special Report: How the credit crunch boosted Riyadh's influence
Even Saudi’s giant economy will suffer a sharp slowdown next year but the prognosis is good and a return to growth is expected by 2010.
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Region gains from downturn
The future employment of thousands of young Saudis depends on the success of the kingdom’s petrochemicals industry.
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Special Report: Baghdad's plans to rebuild economy
After five years of insurgency, Iraq still faces massive challenges, but there are signs that it has turned a corner at last.
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Firms seek new feedstocks
Nothing is more indicative of the region’s struggle to source ethane than the decision of a country with the world’s fifth-largest natural gas reserves to turn to oil-derived feedstock.
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Firms seek new feedstocks
Nothing is more indicative of the region’s struggle to source ethane than the decision of a country with the world’s fifth-largest natural gas reserves to turn to oil-derived feedstock.
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Special report: Saudi Arabia: Building an industrial base
Since joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2005, many Saudi companies have seen foreign imports increasing and their own positions in the market being threatened.
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Special report: Sector outlook 2008
The urgent need to install the infrastructure required to support the region’s economic development means government-backed power, water, transport and energy projects will become the principal drivers of the region’s project sector in 2008.
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Special Report: Petrochemicals - Moving downstream
Producers in the region are seeking to expand petrochemicals production downstream into more complex, higher-value plastics.
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