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Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Business Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's…

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 Bahrain First Country to Enact MLETR

Bahrain First Country to Enact MLETR

Bahrain enacted on Tuesday Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR), developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law …

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business Saudi Arabia Eyes Gas Network Extension With UAE, Oman

Saudi Arabia Eyes Gas Network Extension With UAE, Oman

Saudi Arabia is studying an expansion of a regional gas network with UAE and Oman, following an increase in the estimates of the Kingdom’s energy reserves,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Founding Board Approves Strategic Concept of NEOM Bay Masterplan

Founding Board Approves Strategic Concept of NEOM Bay Masterplan

The NEOM Founding Board, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of Board of Directors of Public…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Turkish Unemployment Reaches Highest Rate in 19 Months

Turkish Unemployment Reaches Highest Rate in 19 Months

Unemployment in Turkey reached its highest rate in 19 months reaching 11.6 percent in October 2018, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Tuesday. The rate…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business Tunisia Plans to Increase Its Phosphate Production

Tunisia Plans to Increase Its Phosphate Production

The Tunisian government is looking to raise revenues from mining activities, mainly the strategic phosphate sector, and plans to reach about 5 million tons of…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business Lebanon: Central Bank Targets Stable Pound in 2019

Lebanon: Central Bank Targets Stable Pound in 2019

Lebanon’s central bank aims to keep the exchange rate of its pound currency stable in 2019, the bank’s governor Riad Salameh said on Wednesday. Lebanese…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Stocks Record Best Closure in 6 Months

Saudi Stocks Record Best Closure in 6 Months

Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share rose 0.9 percent on Tuesday and closed at 8,347 points, rising 77 points. This was the highest closure in around six months…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Source: OPEC Firms up Plan to Meet on April 17 in Vienna

Source: OPEC Firms up Plan to Meet on April 17 in Vienna

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will meet on April 17-18 in Vienna to review their oil supply cut deal, a source familiar…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business wind

UAE’s Masdar to Acquire Stakes in 2 US Wind Farms

The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has announced the execution of a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire John Laing Group plc’s interest in two…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business World Bank Expects Tunisian Economy to Grow by 2.9% in 2019

World Bank Expects Tunisian Economy to Grow by 2.9% in 2019

The economic growth rate in Tunisia is expected to stand at 2.9 percent in 2019 given the reforms undertaken and the pick-up in tourism flows, said a recent…

Business Saudi MODON, Techno for Advanced Materials Agree to Establish First CNTs Plant

Saudi MODON, Techno for Advanced Materials Agree to Establish First CNTs Plant

The Saudi Organization for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) signed an agreement with a technology company for advanced materials to host the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Gulf Economic Growth to Reach 2.3% in 2019

Gulf Economic Growth to Reach 2.3% in 2019

A report by the National Bank of Kuwait expected the GCC countries to reach a 2.3 percent growth in 2019 and 2.6 percent in 2020. Non-oil growth is…

Motleq Mounir (London)
Business ADSW Calls for New Opportunities to Address Global Sustainability Challenges

ADSW Calls for New Opportunities to Address Global Sustainability Challenges

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2019 discussed solutions for the current challenges the world is facing and new opportunities to address global sustainability…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Abu Dhabi)
Business Egypt Picks Banks to Manage Sale of Stakes in State-owned Companies

Egypt Picks Banks to Manage Sale of Stakes in State-owned Companies

EFG Hermes and Citi will manage the sale of a stake in Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling, a government official said to Reuters on condition of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Saudi Arabia's Licensed Investments Increased 99% in 2018

Saudi Arabia's Licensed Investments Increased 99% in 2018

The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) said that the number of licensed investments increased by 99 percent in 2018, and the number of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Falih

Saudi Energy Minister: Oil Market is on Right Track, Will Return to Balance

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday the oil market is “on the right track” and will quickly return to balance, but oil producers are willing…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business bank

Egypt Plans International Bond Sale in Q1 2019

Egypt plans to issue between USD3 billion and USD7 billion worth of international bonds in the first quarter of the year, said Egyptian Minister of Finance…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Riyadh

Saudi Arabia Plans to Generate 60GW of Renewable Energy by 2030

Saudi Arabia aims to increase its renewable energy production to 60 gigawatts, including 40 GW from solar energy and 20 from wind and other sources by 2030. …

Mosaed al-Zayani (Abu Dhabi)
Business Bahrain

Bahrain Signs MoU with Eni to Explore Oil, Gas

Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) and Italy's Eni have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on pursuing petroleum exploration of Block 1,…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Manama)
Business UAE Energy Minister Expects Correction of Oil Market Balance to Begin Late January

UAE Energy Minister Expects Correction of Oil Market Balance to Begin Late January

UAE Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail al-Mazrouei said Saturday that the oil market will witness more price corrections by the end of January 2019,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Abu Dhabi)
Business Saudi Energy Minister Discusses Cooperation in Pakistan

Saudi Energy Minister Discusses Cooperation in Pakistan

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih discussed in Pakistan on Saturday final arrangements for a co-signing bilateral…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Talaat Moustafa: Real Estate Demand will Continue for 30 Years to Come

Talaat Moustafa: Real Estate Demand will Continue for 30 Years to Come

Egypt's real estate sector contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) would be stable at 17 percent in 2019, and for the 30 coming years, the sector is…

Sabry Nageh (Cairo)
Business Libya: Glencore Loses Exclusive Rights to Major Oil Grades

Libya: Glencore Loses Exclusive Rights to Major Oil Grades

Trading and mining giant Glencore (GLEN.L) has lost its exclusive marketing rights for two of Libya’s main crude oil export grades after holding them since…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Saudi Aramco Announces Review of Gasoline Prices for Q1 of 2019

Saudi Aramco Announces Review of Gasoline Prices for Q1 of 2019

Saudi Arabia's Aramco announced Friday cutting the local price for Octane 95 gasoline to 2.02 riyal per liter. The change goes into effect on January 12…

Asharq Al Awsat (Dhahran)