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Solar control glass coatings are used to block out excess heat from the sun, and boost energy efficiency in buildings. (Image source: AGC Europe/Flickr)

Belgian glass manufacturer AGC Glass Europe (AGEU) has planned to enter a joint venture (JV) with Saudi Arabian glass maker Obeikan Glass Company to establish a solar control glass coating unit 

The plant will be located in the Sinai Peninsula, which is rich in silica glass sand. (Image source: Bjoertved/Wikimedia Commons)

Indian business group RP-Sanjiv Goenka has announced it will build a silica plant in Suez, Egypt for US$208mn

600,000 tonnes of steel is expected to be produced in the first phase of the project. (Image source: Sarchi/Flickr)

Four companies from Saudi Arabia, Germany, Czech Republic and India have formed an alliance to build a large plant worth US$1bn that will manufacture seamless pipes in Ras Al-khair on Saudi Arabias east coast