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Saudi Gold Refinery Obtains 10 Gold Exploration Licenses in Tanzania

Business A gold mine in Saudi Arabia (SPA) 

Saudi Gold Refinery Obtains 10 Gold Exploration Licenses in Tanzania

Saudi Gold Refinery Company (SGR) announced Sunday it has secured 10 licenses to explore gold in the Republic of Tanzania, covering a total area of nearly 1…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. (Reuters)

Oil Falls as Trump Says New Iran Attacks ‘Unlikely’

Oil prices fell at Monday's open after US President Donald Trump said he was highly unlikely to order new Iran attacks while talks to end the conflict make…

Business A conceptual rendering of the Gulf railway interconnection project. (X)

Bahraini Transport Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Each Country to Finance Its Share of Gulf Railway Project

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states took a new step toward completing the railway interconnection project by signing the project's general…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Manama)
Business Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Minister of Information Diaa Rashwan (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt, March 25, 2026. (Reuters)

Egypt Seeks Faster Progress on Libya Gas, Refining and Power Projects

Egypt aims to accelerate energy projects with Libya, including gas pipeline links, refining of Libyan crude in Egypt and an electricity interconnection,…

Business GCC transport ministers pose for a group photo following the 27th committee meeting in Kuwait. (GCC Railway Authority)

GCC: Railway Agreement Sets Joint Framework for Project Implementation and Operation

Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said on Sunday that the signing of the General Agreement on the GCC Railway Project…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama)

Business Public Transport in Small Saudi Cities Opens up Room for Investment 

Public Transport in Small Saudi Cities Opens up Room for Investment 

The decision to operate public transport networks by buses as a first stage in some cities and provinces of Saudi Arabia has opened up a wider horizon for…

Shujaa al-Bogmi (Riyadh)
Business Egypt Interest Rates Among World’s Highest

Egypt Interest Rates Among World’s Highest

Egypt’s real interest rates are again with few equals among emerging economies after inflation plummeted to the lowest in almost seven years, offering a fresh…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business IEA: 'Business as Usual' for Oil after Saudi Attacks

IEA: 'Business as Usual' for Oil after Saudi Attacks

Global oil markets have quickly recovered from attacks on Saudi oil facilities last month and even face oversupply next year as global demand slows, the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Free Trade Zones Help Develop GCC Economic Systems

Free Trade Zones Help Develop GCC Economic Systems

Saud Al Mazrouei, Director of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) and the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone), confirmed that free trade zones…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Sharjah)
Business DP World Expands Into a Full Logistics Operator in Peru

DP World Expands Into a Full Logistics Operator in Peru

DP World's business in Peru, which began with container handling at the Port of Callao, has expanded into a fully integrated maritime and logistics operation,…

Business UAE Removed from Europe’s Tax-haven List

UAE Removed from Europe’s Tax-haven List

The European Union has announced the removal of the United Arab Emirates from the bloc's lists of countries deemed to be acting as tax havens. The decision…

Abdullah Mustafa (Brussels)
Business Regulators Reject Qatar-Backed Deutsche Bank Board Member

Regulators Reject Qatar-Backed Deutsche Bank Board Member

In a rare intervention, Deutsche Bank’s regulators are blocking a banker backed by its largest shareholder, Qatar, from a seat on the supervisory board because…

Asharq Al Awsat (Frankfurt)
Business World Bank Lowers Forecast for MENA Growth

World Bank Lowers Forecast for MENA Growth

The World Bank has said that the economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa region is subject to substantial downside risks, revising down the…

Sabri Najeh (Cairo)
Business OPEC Chief Says Deeper Oil Cut an Option

OPEC Chief Says Deeper Oil Cut an Option

A deeper cut in oil supplies is among options for OPEC and its allies to consider in December, its secretary general, Mohammad Barkindo, has said as the…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Iran's Economy to Shrink by 8.7% in 2019/20, Says World Bank

Iran's Economy to Shrink by 8.7% in 2019/20, Says World Bank

Hit by wide-ranging US sanctions, Iran's economy is expected to contract by 8.7% in the financial year 2019/20 mainly due to constraints on its oil and gas…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Turkey's Incursion in Syria May Leave its Own Economy Wounded

Turkey's Incursion in Syria May Leave its Own Economy Wounded

One casualty of Turkey’s military incursion into Syria may be its own recovery from recession after US congressional leaders threatened sanctions that could…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia Among Top Countries on GCI

Saudi Arabia Among Top Countries on GCI

Saudi Arabia improved three positions, reaching 36th, on the global competitiveness index (GCI), as the Kingdom makes strides to diversify its economy. …

Mohammed al-Hamidi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Ministry of Labor Aims for 3 Mn Job Opportunities

Saudi Ministry of Labor Aims for 3 Mn Job Opportunities

Around 3 million new jobs could be created in the future, the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development has estimated. Minister of Labor and Social…

Saleh al-Zaid (Riyadh)
Business SCCA, ICDR Sign New Cooperation Agreement

SCCA, ICDR Sign New Cooperation Agreement

The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) has started a new chapter of relationship and cooperation with the International Center for Dispute…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Egypt: Annual Urban Consumer Inflation Decreased to 4.8% in September

Egypt: Annual Urban Consumer Inflation Decreased to 4.8% in September

Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation decreased to 4.8% in September from 7.5% in August, the official statistics office CAMPAS said on Thursday. …

Business Ex-Barclays Bankers 'Lied over Qatar Payments'

Ex-Barclays Bankers 'Lied over Qatar Payments'

Three former Barclays (BARC.L) executives lied to the market by hiding 322 million pounds ($395 million) in extra fees that the bank paid Qatar in return for…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Aramco CEO: Lack of Int’l Resolve to Take Concrete Action May Embolden Attackers

Aramco CEO: Lack of Int’l Resolve to Take Concrete Action May Embolden Attackers

Saudi Aramco’s chief executive said on Wednesday there would be no impact on the stock market listing plans of the state oil giant after attacks on its…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Turkish Lira Tumbles through Key Level as Syria Push Begins

Turkish Lira Tumbles through Key Level as Syria Push Begins

Turkey’s lira slid 0.5% on Wednesday, breaking through what traders called a key support level of 5.85 against the dollar, after Turkey launched a military…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Sudan Seeks to Raise Salaries amid High Inflation

Sudan Seeks to Raise Salaries amid High Inflation

Living conditions in Sudan continue to deteriorate amid high inflation, fuel and bread scarcity and a severe public transport crisis, despite the toppling of…

Ahmed Khalil (Khartoum)
Business RDIF Opens its 1st Overseas Office in Saudi Arabia

RDIF Opens its 1st Overseas Office in Saudi Arabia

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced the opening of its first foreign office in Saudi Arabia ahead of President…

Asharq Al Awsat (Mosul)
Business Rosatom: Dabaa Reactor Can Withstand All Natural Disasters

Rosatom: Dabaa Reactor Can Withstand All Natural Disasters

Russia’s Rosatom assured Egypt that el- Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the country’s first nuclear site, will be the “safest in the world.” The project’s…

Mohammed Abdo Hassanein (cairo)
Business Morocco Higher Planning Commission Predicts Improvement in Economic Growth

Morocco Higher Planning Commission Predicts Improvement in Economic Growth

Morocco's economic growth is expected to rise slightly in Q4 of 2019 to 2.6 percent, after falling to 2.4 percent in Q3 due to the contraction of global trade…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business DP World Announces Completing 1st Phase of Developing Deepwater Port in Ecuador

DP World Announces Completing 1st Phase of Developing Deepwater Port in Ecuador

The first phase of the new Deepwater Port of Posorja in Ecuador, worth $538 million, is now complete and successfully operational by Dubai Ports (DP) World, it…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Turkish Lira Trims Losses, But Worries over Syria Persist

Turkish Lira Trims Losses, But Worries over Syria Persist

Turkey’s lira recovered on Tuesday after reaching its weakest level in more than a month, but investors were still worried about the fallout from Ankara’s…

Asharq Al Awsat