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  • Adam Neumann’s Flow Pushes Into Saudi Arabia in First Global Move

    Miami-based Flow is partnering with local investors to develop and own three apartment buildings in Riyadh, which will total roughly 920 units once completed, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named citing private information. “Saudi Arabia presents a tremendous opportunity to invest in a place with dynamism and growth,” a Flow spokesperson said. “We are proud to bring our product to the region and help address a growing market need.”

  • Saudi Arabia’s maritime sector is set to take on a more prominent role in the global supply chain

    Leading this transformation is the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani), which has invested heavily in infrastructure to increase the capacity of its major ports, including Jeddah Islamic Port and King Abdulaziz Port. In 2023 alone, $3 billion was dedicated to infrastructure projects, such as establishing logistics parks and allocating $1.9 billion for the development and operation of two advanced container terminals.

  • Saudi Arabia plots space industry transformation

    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-backed Neo Space Group (NSG) is looking to lease multi-orbit capacity to bolster its foothold in the satellite market, ahead of likely owning and operating its own constellation. “Our team is currently working hard to identify those areas in the market where it makes sense to deploy our own capital,” NSG’s newly appointed CEO Martijn Blanken told SpaceNews in an interview.

  • Saudi Arabia targets control of Alba to bolster metals ambitions

    State-controlled Saudi Arabian Mining Co., known as Ma’aden, announced a series of deals this week involving Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C., or Alba. When those deals close, the Saudi company “hopes to be a majority shareholder in Alba,” Ma’aden chief executive officer Bob Wilt said in an interview in Riyadh. “I’m very bullish on aluminum,” Wilt said. “The energy transition doesn’t happen without aluminum, so if we want to be a critical minerals and processing hub, we’ve got to control the feedstock.”

  • Italy’s Saipem wins offshore contract worth $2 bln in Saudi Arabia

    Italian energy engineering group Saipem (SPMI.MI), opens new tab said on Wednesday it had won an offshore contract worth around $2 billion for the development of the Marjan oil field in Saudi Arabia. The contract was signed under the existing long-term agreement with oil giant Saudi Aramco (2222.SE), opens new tab, the company said in a statement. Saipem said earlier this month it had won two other offshore contracts with Saudi Aramco worth about $1 billion in total, and an offshore contract worth $4 billion with QatarEnergy, one of the world's top LNG suppliers.

  • Saudi Arabia is betting big on Egypt

    Gulf countries — mainly Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar — are most interested in building up stakes in Egypt’s state-owned assets. On the block are port terminals, historic hotel chains, and petrochemical companies. The Gulf has grown weary of handing cash to Egypt with little by way of financial payback: Saudi Arabia’s $5 billion deposit in Egypt’s central bank in 2022 may be the last of Riyadh’s handouts. Its Public Investment Fund demands market returns on its investments, particularly those outside the country.

  • Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in July hit almost one-year low

    Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in July fell to their lowest level in nearly a year, data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Thursday. The country's oil exports stood at 5.741 million barrels per day (bpd) in July, their lowest level since August 2023. Saudi Arabia is world's largest exporter of crude. OPEC+ oil producers earlier this month agreed to delay a planned production increase for October and November and said they could further pause or reverse the hikes if needed.

  • Saudi Arabia welcomes UNGA resolution to end Israel’s unlawful presence in Occupied Territories

    The Kingdom stressed the need to take practical and credible steps to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and international legitimacy resolutions in a way that ensures the Palestinian people’s inherent right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

  • Saudi Arabia launches Tamkeen Initiative to empower tech professionals in MSMEs

    The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has partnered with the National Technology Development Program (NTDP) to launch the Tamkeen Initiative, which aims to empower Saudi technical professionals in micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

  • Saudi Arabia arrests over 22,000 in week of nationwide security raids, crackdowns

    Those arrested were apprehended for a variety of alleged violations of the Saudi legal system, including 14,216 for violating the Residency Law, 4,943 for breaching the Border Security Law and 3,214 for infringement upon the Labour Law. A further 1,507 individuals were arrested while reportedly attempting to cross the border into Saudi Arabia, with a majority of them being Ethiopian nationals numbering 53 per cent and Yemenis numbering 46 per cent.