Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s Arabian Mills to offer 15.39 million shares in IPO starting September 1

The final IPO price will be determined at the end of the book-building period

Saudi Arabia’s Bahri inks $1 billion purchase agreement for 9 very large crude carriers

Capital Maritime and Trading Corporation agreed to deliver the carriers to Bahri in multiple batches before the end of Q1 of 2025

Red Sea International secures $175 million contract for NEOM’s Trojena Dam workers’ camp

Earlier this year, NEOM awarded $4.7 billion contract to Webuild for the Trojena project

RCF, EVM partner to secure investment for Saudi Arabia’s $1.5 billion lithium chemicals plant project

Plant's first 2 trains to have a capacity of 50,000 tons per annum of high-purity lithium hydroxide monohydrate

Aramco Stadium: 47,000-seat venue in Al Khobar to host upcoming 2027 AFC Asian Cup games

Stadium and surrounding masterplan span over an area of around 800,000 square meters

ACWA Power launches commercial operations at Saudi Arabia’s 700 MW Ar Rass solar project

ACWA Power expects the project's financial impact to be reflected during the second half of 2024 onwards

Riyadh awards four major contracts worth $3.46 billion for road development

Program positions Riyadh as a leading global metropolis and a central hub for sustainable transportation and logistics in the Middle East

Tourism spending in Saudi Arabia exceeds $37 billion in 2023

GCC tourists injected over $4 billion into the economy last year, with Bahrain being the top source market

Riyadh Air awards $400 million ground handling contract for King Khalid International Airport

Riyadh Air to launch commercial operations at the King Khalid International Airport by mid-2025

AlUla Manara Observatory development partnership to boost Saudi Arabia’s space research, astro-tourism

Collaboration to facilitate a range of joint research projects and contribute to the growing astro-tourism initiatives in AlUla

Expat remittances from Saudi Arabia rise 11.32 percent to $3.2 billion in June

In 2022, total remittance outflows from Saudi Arabia reached $39.3 billion

Aramco to raise additional $10.66 billion in debt by 2026 for expansion plans: Report

Aramco’s total production could rise from 12.9 million barrels per day in 2023 to 14.1 million barrels per day by financial year 2028

Saudi Arabia’s FDI balance rises 6.1 percent to $217.88 billion in Q1 2024: Report

Saudi Arabia's total fixed capital formation grew 8 percent during Q1 of 2024

Oil demand forecast to reach over 106 million barrels per day in H2 2024, says Aramco chief

Nasser foresees resilient oil fundamentals despite price decline, sees demand growth of 1.6-2 million bpd

Aramco acquires additional 22.5 percent stake in Saudi Arabia’s Petro Rabigh for $702 million

Aramco to become Petro Rabigh’s largest shareholder with an equity stake of around 60 percent

Oracle bolsters Saudi Arabia’s AI economy with second public cloud region in Riyadh

New region will help boost the Kingdom’s AI economy, which is expected to reach $135.2 billion by 2030

Saudia launches four weekly flights to Medan, Indonesia starting August 31

Expansion supports objectives of Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to host 30 million Umrah pilgrims by 2030

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil merchandise exports to GCC hit $2.9 billion in May

UAE remained Saudi Arabia’s largest non-oil trading partner within the GCC region

Saudi Arabia’s PIF strengthens ties with China through $50 billion deals to boost bilateral capital flows

The agreements involve Chinese banks and focus on two-way capital flows through debt and equity

Saudi Arabia’s MODON secures 9 deals worth $266.47 million to develop industrial cities

The projects include infrastructure development for the third industrial city in Jeddah and the second industrial city in Makkah

Saudi Arabia’s residential real estate prices rise 2.8 percent in Q2 2024

Apartment prices in Saudi Arabia increased by 2.9 percent while villa prices declined by 0.5 percent

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil revenues rise 26 percent to $37.48 billion, says Q2 2024 budget

Oil revenues see significant 17.08 percent rise to $56.77 billion in Q2

Saudi Arabia among top 20 vehicle import markets globally with imports exceeding 1 million units

Arab world's total vehicle sales in 2022 exceeded 1.7 million units, with 36 percent of these sales occurring in Saudi Arabia

NEOM’s social responsibility programs benefit 50,000 people: Report

The mega-project awarded 26 projects to companies in Tabuk, helping 583 people secure employment