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  • Saudi Arabia Date Production Covers More than Local Needs

    Riyadh emerges as the top date producer, contributing 436,112 tons annually, followed by Qassim with 390,698 tons. Madinah and the Eastern Region also make substantial contributions, producing 263,283 tons and 203,069 tons respectively.

  • Saudi Film Commission Revolutionizes Cinema Landscape with Significant License Fee Reductions

    The revised fee structure unveiled by the Film Commission reflects a strategic commitment to bolstering the film industry’s growth and vitality. By slashing licensing costs across different city categories, from “A” to “C,” the Commission aims to empower cinema enterprises, stimulate economic contributions, and foster cultural and creative diversity on the big screen.

  • China has spent at least $230 billion to develop its EV industry and ‘flood’ the market

    At least $230.8 billion between 2009 and 2023, according to new research from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Funding over the first nine years the Washington-based think tank examined came out to about $6.74 billion per year, before tripling for the following three years, and then spiking again from 2021 onwards.

  • Sipchem to build new $189m Saudi petchem facility

    Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) has awarded a $189 million contract to a South Korean contractor to build a new petrochemicals facility in Saudi Arabia. The project was won by SGC Engineering & Construction, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor, The Korean Economic Daily, a financial news outlet, reported. The deal involves the construction of an ethylene-vinyl acetate plant in Jubail Industrial City.

  • Saudi Arabia seeks to silence Neom project doubters with images and video

    The intention is that Neom will be completed by 2039. Many experts are skeptical of the plan, and more recently, there have been many media outlets reporting that the project has been scaled back considerably. There's so much conflicting information going around on the internet that there's no agreed-upon amount of scaling back that we could find.

  • Saudi ports report 15.72% growth in container handling for July

    According to Arab News, the latest statistics from the Saudi Ports Authority, known as Mawani, revealed that the Kingdom’s terminals received 271,465 standard containers in July, up from 234,592 in July 2023. The volume of handled tonnage also increased by 9.11 percent year on year, reaching 27.38 million tonnes.

  • Driving Reductions in Emissions: Unlocking the Potential of Fuel Economy Targets in Saudi Arabia

    The adoption of more stringent fuel economy standards represents a pivotal pathway toward achieving net zero emissions in the transportation sector. By steadily increasing the fuel efficiency of vehicles, this approach drives a gradual but consistent decline in emissions. When coupled with the simultaneous integration of electric and alternative fuel vehicles into the market, the goal of net zero emissions becomes increasingly feasible.

  • Impacts of Ride-Hailing on Energy and the Environment: A Systematic Review

    Ride-hailing has expanded substantially around the globe over the last decade and is likely to be an integral part of future transportation systems. Through a systematic review of the literature concerning the energy and environmental impacts of ride-hailing, we have identified a dichotomy between empirical findings and theoretical projections.

  • Air Force-facilitated arms export sales reach all-time high

    Foreign countries are buying more weapons through the U.S. Air Force than ever before, due in large part to global instability, officials say.  “Business has been booming, I understand, for this team, as events happen around the world and our partner nations recognize that it's a dangerous world once again, things like Russia invading Ukraine,” said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, the director of the Air Force’s Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate.

  • Stunning Blue Waters Is Not What You’d Expect From This Up-and-Coming Destination

    Within the grass-dappled desert around Six Senses Southern Dunes in northwestern Saudi Arabia, where camels graze at a distance and the only sound is the fizz-pop of sparkling water, a small folding table covered in a white linen cloth awaits me. Atop it: a barbecue platter so full, so juicy, it triggers a growl in my stomach like a well-timed Foley effect. There’s grilled wagyu striploin, chicken kebabs and lamb chops, roasted potatoes and grilled asparagus—a comical amount of food for a party of one.