Zeinab Ali

Zeinab Ali
Business A worker collects samples at a mine in Brazil (Reuters)

Critical Minerals: Saudi Arabia’s Rise in Global Mining

Critical minerals are no longer treated as simple raw materials traded on global exchanges. Amid increasing geopolitical competition, they have become a core…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business A general view of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (SPA)

Saudi Economy Defies Forecasts, Posts Fastest Growth in Three Years

Saudi Arabia closed 2025 with economic performance that exceeded expectations, recording an annual growth of 4.5 percent. The result not only surpassed the…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business  Delegates attend the meeting bringing together 40 labor ministers (The Global Labor Market Conference). 

Saudi Arabia Brings Global Leaders Together to Shape Future of Labor Markets

Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the third edition of the Global Labor Market Conference opened on…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business Containers carrying Saudi non-oil exports (SPA) 

Saudi Trade Surplus Jumps as Non-Oil Exports Power Structural Economic Shift

Saudi Arabia’s trade surplus recorded a sharp rise in November, driven by a surge in non-oil exports that pushed the surplus up by 70.2%, highlighting a…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business A view of a Lenovo event in Saudi Arabia. (Lenovo)

Lenovo: Saudi Arabia Capable of Hosting High-Value Industries

China’s Lenovo is betting big on Saudi Arabia, naming Riyadh as its regional base for the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa as it ramps up manufacturing and…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business Mark Winterhoff, interim CEO of Lucid (Company) 

Lucid in 2026: 'Made in Saudi Arabia' Label Goes Global

Saudi Arabia is positioning itself as a global launchpad for Lucid, the electric-vehicle manufacturer, not merely as a consumer market, but as a manufacturing…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)
Business The International Mining Conference in Riyadh. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Critical Minerals as Strategic Assets...Saudi Arabia Leads Major Transformation of Global Value Chains

At a time when geopolitical and economic changes are accelerating, and global competition for critical minerals are intensifying, supply chains are undergoing…

Zeinab Ali (Riyadh)