Ma’aden Included on Forbes 2000 List of World’s Largest Public Companies

Forbes Global 2000 included the Ma’aden in the World’s Largest Public Companies List based on its asset value, market value, net income and revenues.
Forbes Global 2000 included the Ma’aden in the World’s Largest Public Companies List based on its asset value, market value, net income and revenues.
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Ma’aden Included on Forbes 2000 List of World’s Largest Public Companies

Forbes Global 2000 included the Ma’aden in the World’s Largest Public Companies List based on its asset value, market value, net income and revenues.
Forbes Global 2000 included the Ma’aden in the World’s Largest Public Companies List based on its asset value, market value, net income and revenues.

Forbes Global 2000 has included the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) in the World’s Largest Public Companies List based on its asset value, market value, net income and revenues, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

The list included 40 Arab companies, 16 of which were Saudi.

Ma'aden stated that this achievement was made possible by the company's unwavering commitment to production rates and customer service.

Ma'aden commodities are available in over 21 countries worldwide, contributing positively to financial performance.

Ma'aden's brand market value has lately increased by 69 percent to over SR1.8 billion, making it the largest multi-commodity mining company's brand in the Middle East.

Its strategy plan emphasizes portfolio diversification and growing the quantity of extracted minerals, as well as adherence to the highest environmental, social, and governance standards.

Ma'aden is one of the world's fastest-growing mining companies and the Middle East's largest multi-commodity mining and metals company.

Because of its market value, Ma'aden ranks among the top ten mining companies in the world.



Egypt Completes Trial Run of New Suez Canal Channel Extension

An Egyptian navy vessel see in the Suez Canal, March 30, 2021. (AFP/Getty Images)
An Egyptian navy vessel see in the Suez Canal, March 30, 2021. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Egypt Completes Trial Run of New Suez Canal Channel Extension

An Egyptian navy vessel see in the Suez Canal, March 30, 2021. (AFP/Getty Images)
An Egyptian navy vessel see in the Suez Canal, March 30, 2021. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without incident.

Following the 2021 grounding of the container ship Ever Given that blocked the vital waterway for six days, Egypt accelerated plans to extend the second channel in the southern reaches of the canal and widen the existing channel.

Its revenue from the waterway, the gateway to the shortest route between Europe and Asia, has nevertheless tumbled since Yemen's Houthi militias began attacking ships in the Red Sea in November 2023 in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday that due to "regional challenges", the country had lost approximately $7 billion in Suez Canal revenue in 2024, marking more than a 60% drop from 2023.

According to the Suez Canal Authority, the latest expansion extends the total length of the canal's two-way section to 82 km from a previous 72 km. The canal is 193 km long in total.

"This expansion will boost the canal's capacity by an additional 6 to 8 ships daily and enhance its ability to handle potential emergencies," the Suez Canal Authority said in its statement.

Earlier this year, Egypt said that it was considering an additional expansion project separate to the 10 km channel extension.