With 1,028 projects or 74.43 per cent, the highest number of active transport projects is within the road construction sector. (Image source: Jose Arukatty/Wikimedia Commons)
The total value of 1,381 active transport projects in the GCC rose one per cent in a month to February 2017 to US$379.7bn from January 2017, according to a report
HH Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. (Image source: Government of Dubai)
Dubai attracted US$6.94bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2016 and succeeded in maintaining its position among the top 10 global cities in attracting foreign investment, ranking seventh worldwide, announced Crown Prince of Dubai and chairman of the Executive Council HH Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
DEWA CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer (right) with Mohamed Ehteshami, V-P for Additive Integration at GE Additive, at the signing ceremony. (Image source: DEWA)
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed an MoU with GE Additive to collaborate on 3D printing, additive manufacturing and digital technologies for the ?Industrial Internet?
A cityscape of Tangier, the Moroccan port city located near the Strait of Gibraltar. (Image source: AiresSantos/Commons)
The new industrial and technology hub, located close to the city of Tangiers, will be funded by Chinese group Haite 002023.SZ, BMCEs Bank of Africa and the Moroccan government
According to Construction News, the Moroccan and the Chinese government signed a preliminary memorandum of understanding last year for the 2,000-HA city, which will deliver 100,000 jobs and accommodate 300,000 inhabitants, Industry Minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy said in a presentation.
North Africa Post have reported that Ilyas El Omari, president of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, said that said the project will create jobs in the region, promote technology transfer and boost the competitiveness of the Moroccan economy.
The new multiple industrial zones will specialise in sectors including aeronautics, automobiles, telecommunications, renewable energy, and transport equipment. Reuters have reported that Chinese firms have been active in the Maghreb, especially in Algeria. In Morocco they have been involved in a number of infrastructure projects, including a suspension bridge connecting the capital Rabat with the neighbouring city of Sale that is among the longest in Africa and was completed last year.
At its demo area in the Silver Lot, MB Crusher featured four machines. (Image source: MB Crusher)
MB Crusher ? together with its branch office MB America, Inc. ? had a huge showcase at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, crushing and screening with an excavator and skid loader, thus turning every equipment into one-machine mobile plant
