Industries

APAC accounted for around 50% of the global PreCast market followed by Europe , North America and Rest of the world. The Kingdoms major cities are building in huge towers, malls, hotels , office building and halls based out of precast concrete and its products. To boost the real estate and to propel the precast market the KSA government has late...

The fate of oil-producing economies is contingent on oil production being frozen by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The recent conclusion of the Doha Oil Meet has brought no resolution with Saudi Arabia’s refusal to freeze oil, unless Iran agrees to do the same. Oil exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, and Algeria a...

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the management of the healthcare delivery system, and oversees the provision of preventive, rehabilitative, and curative healthcare services in Saudi Arabia. The government is expected to encourage private-sector participation in the delivery of healthcare services between 2012 and 2015. Healthcare informa...

The UAE's healthcare industry is expected to witness strong growth, due to factors such as strong government support, rising population, and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases. In addition, higher participation of private participants in the healthcare industry has resulted in improved healthcare infrastructure as well as insurance p...

The energy industry in the UAE is highly dependent on the hydrocarbon sector. Most of the electricity is generated using natural gas and the rest through other fossil fuels. The demand for oil and gas is envisaged to rise steadily driven by the increase in the demand for electricity during the forecast period. The government is likely to make inves...

The manufacturing growth in the UAE has been led by the development of the cement, petrochemicals, electrical machinery and power, food processing, and pharmaceutical industries. The government has been encouraging investments through special zones like the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) and Dubai Industrial City (DIC). The manufacturing indus...

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) economies have been heavily dependent on the hydrocarbon sector, which accounts for a large part of their export earnings and government revenue. However, the GCC nations are striving to diversify and reduce the risks that stem from their economic dependence on the oil and gas sectors, which, although lucrative, ...

The expansion of LNG trains in 2011 by the major LNG producers in Qatar (Ras Gas and Qatar gas) has increased the production and export capacity of LNG. Increase in the world's demand for LNG and various long term contracts signed by the country to supply LNG are expected to drive the economic growth of Qatar in 2011 and beyond. Investments have be...

Political stability in Qatar is expected to lend to economic diversification into non-hydrocarbon sectors. A large budget allocation to the non-oil sector is likely to spur growth opportunities for the environmental industry in terms of pollution control equipment, waste management services, recycling and so on. Being a highly robust economy, Qatar...