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China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

Business A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a…

Business United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. (UN)

UN to Asharq Al-Awsat ahead of COP31: Climate Change and Energy Security Are Two Integrated Paths

On the eve of the opening of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya, attention is focused on the…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)
Business The People's Bank of China's gold holdings increased by 830,000 ounces in October (Reuters)

Gold Rises over 1% as Softer Oil Prices Ease Inflation Worries

Gold rose more than 1% on Monday as softer oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors awaited key US inflation data and fresh signals from the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Members of the GCC Transport and Communications Ministers Committee pose for an official photo in Manama (GCC). 

Gulf Railway Enters Implementation Phase, Targets 2030 Completion

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries signed an agreement in Manama on Sunday to advance a 2,117-kilometer railway linking all six member states by 2030, as…

Mirza al-Khuweildi (Manama)
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 Egypt's Arrears to Foreign Oil Firms Fall to $900 Million

Egypt's Arrears to Foreign Oil Firms Fall to $900 Million

Egypt's arrears to foreign oil companies declined to $900 million at the end of June from $1.2 billion a year ago, the petroleum minister said on Thursday,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Banks Draw Fresh Dollars to Lebanon with High Interest Deposits

Banks Draw Fresh Dollars to Lebanon with High Interest Deposits

Lebanese banks are drawing fresh dollars to the country by offering high interest rates on large sums blocked for three years, bank economists said on Thursday…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Morocco: High Planning Commissioner Calls for Exploiting Inflation to Encourage Growth

Morocco: High Planning Commissioner Calls for Exploiting Inflation to Encourage Growth

High Planning Commissioner Ahmed Lahlimi Alami noted that the majority of emerging economies are witnessing an inflation rate of more than seven percent, while…

Lahcen Mokena (Asilah)
Business Saudi Arabia Funds Development Projects in Egypt

Saudi Arabia Funds Development Projects in Egypt

Saudi Arabia has signed three agreements to finance a range of industrial development projects in Egypt, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Saudi Fund…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia: Non-oil Sector Grows 2.7% in 3 Months

Saudi Arabia: Non-oil Sector Grows 2.7% in 3 Months

The non-oil sector in Saudi Arabia has recorded a 2.7 percent growth in Q1 of the current year compared to 2.3 percent last year. Meanwhile, the kingdom has…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Boeing on Course to Lose Biggest Planemaker Title to Airbus

Boeing on Course to Lose Biggest Planemaker Title to Airbus

Airbus is on track to overtake Boeing as the world’s biggest planemaker as deliveries of Boeing airliners tumbled 37% in the first half of 2019 as the company…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Arabia Ranked 2nd of G20 Countries in Allocation of Frequency Bands

Saudi Arabia Ranked 2nd of G20 Countries in Allocation of Frequency Bands

Saudi Arabia has made the largest break-through among the G20 countries in terms of the amount of radio spectrum awarded to operators in globally identified…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business International Trade Union Delegation Visits Riyadh Labor Court

International Trade Union Delegation Visits Riyadh Labor Court

The labor court in Riyadh received the head of national labor committee and a delegation from the International Trade Union Confederation, headed by General…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Foreign Investment Rate Slightly Improves in Jordan

Foreign Investment Rate Slightly Improves in Jordan

The rate of foreign direct investment in Jordan slightly improved despite a $33 million drop in the first quarter of this year – the lowest in a year. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Amman)
Business Egypt Annual Headline Inflation Slows to 9.4% in June

Egypt Annual Headline Inflation Slows to 9.4% in June

Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation eased to 9.4 percent in June from 14.1 percent in May, official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Wednesday, a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Aramco Awards $18bn in Contracts to Boost Marjan, Berri Oilfields’ Production

Aramco Awards $18bn in Contracts to Boost Marjan, Berri Oilfields’ Production

Saudi Aramco announced on Tuesday that it has awarded 34 contracts with a total value of $18 billion for the engineering, procurement and construction of the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)
Business Saudi Arabia Asks Gas Stations to Provide E-Pay Service

Saudi Arabia Asks Gas Stations to Provide E-Pay Service

Gas stations in Saudi Arabia will start using e-payment options as of July 17, according to the Commercial Anti-Concealment National Program’s official account…

Iman Al Khataf (Dammam)
Business Egypt Looks Forward to Restructuring Taxes of Bourse Transactions

Egypt Looks Forward to Restructuring Taxes of Bourse Transactions

The Egyptian Parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee has approved fixing the stamp tax on the stock exchange transactions at 1.5 per thousand until the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Oil Prices Drop as Trade Disputes Outweigh Supply Concerns

Oil Prices Drop as Trade Disputes Outweigh Supply Concerns

Oil prices dipped on Tuesday on demand concerns following the latest signs the US-China trade war is dragging on the global economy, although the potential for…

Asharq Al Awsat (Tokyo)
Business Tunisia's Tourism Revenues Jump 42.5% in First Half 2019

Tunisia's Tourism Revenues Jump 42.5% in First Half 2019

Tunisia’s tourism revenues soared 42.5% in the first half of 2019 to $692 million compared to the same period last year, official figures showed on Monday. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Trade Bank of Iraq Expands into GCC, China to Lift Revenues

Trade Bank of Iraq Expands into GCC, China to Lift Revenues

State-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) is expanding into China and the Gulf, seeking to lift its revenues from retail banking and international operations to 30…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Five Reasons Why Gulf Investors Could Leave Turkey

Five Reasons Why Gulf Investors Could Leave Turkey

A number of Gulf investors are planning to withdraw their investments from Turkey while others are considering changing the investment plans they have been…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Riyadh)
Business Expo 2020 to Boost Construction, Transportation in UAE

Expo 2020 to Boost Construction, Transportation in UAE

UAE's bid to host Expo2020 is a historic achievement, which, along with UAE’s Vision 2021 launched by Vice President and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dubai)
Business Turkey: Lira Drops after Central Bank Chief is Fired

Turkey: Lira Drops after Central Bank Chief is Fired

The Turkish lira has fell up to 2% against the dollar after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired the central bank governor reportedly over disagreements on…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business African Leaders Launch 'Historic' Free Trade Deal

African Leaders Launch 'Historic' Free Trade Deal

African nations officially launched a landmark trade agreement at the African Union summit in Niger on Sunday, with the long sought-after agreement hailed as a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Niamey)
Business Kuwait, Greece Ink MoU to Operate Direct Flights

Kuwait, Greece Ink MoU to Operate Direct Flights

The Greek capital Athens witnessed Thursday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the general authorities of civil aviation in Kuwait and Greece…

Abdul Sattar Barakat (Athens)
Business Turkey Fires Central Bank Governor

Turkey Fires Central Bank Governor

Turkey has sacked the governor of its central bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree published in the official gazette said on Saturday. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business OPEC Output Hits New Low

OPEC Output Hits New Low

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries oil output sank to a new five-year low in June as a rise in supply did not offset losses in Iran and…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Egypt Hikes Domestic Fuel Prices

Egypt Hikes Domestic Fuel Prices

Egypt introduced its latest round of fuel subsidy cuts on Friday, raising domestic prices by between 16 percent and 30 percent. The price of widely used 92…

Asharq Al Awsat