The first of 740 smelting furnaces has been commissioned successfully at Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) and Alcoa?s joint venture smelter project at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia
Manufacturing
Qafco-6 makes Qatar world?s largest urea exporter
Qatar has become the world?s biggest exporter of urea following the inauguration of the US$604mn Qafco-6 project
Fluor awarded Saudi Arabia?s US$199 million phosphate project
Fluor Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a new project by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma?aden) worth approximately US$199mn
TMK acquires 55 per cent stake in Oman pipe company
Russian producer of steel pipes for the energy sector, TMK, has announced that it has acquired a 55 per cent stake in Oman?s Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI)
Engineering firms bid for SABIC plastic plant
A number of international engineering companies have bid to build a 50,000 tonnes-per-year polyacetal plant for Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) affiliate Ibn Sina