The Biden Administration announced new sanctions on two Houthi military officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said, taking action over the Iran-aligned movement's offensive to seize Yemen's gas-rich Marib region and lack of real commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the end of the war.
Prices of key construction materials in Q1 in Saudi Arabia soared to the highest prices in 12 years, with steel leading the increase as construction activity began to recover from the slowdown caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic last year.
The IMF projected real GDP growth for the Saudi economy at 2.1% in 2021 and 4.8 % in 2022 (compared to a contraction of -4.1 % in 2020), according to a statement issued at the conclusion of the IMF staff mission for the Kingdom 2021 Article IV.
A significant and unforeseen drop in the cost to produce solar energy in recent years may enable Saudi Arabia to turbocharge its ambitions to diversify its economy and free up more oil for exports, as the Kingdom continues ahead with the development of several solar installations.
Saudi and Iranian officials plan further direct talks this month, unnamed sources told Reuters, with the aim of easing tensions between the Middle East arch-rivals in a significant move for regional stability.
The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s biggest waste company, Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), said that the Kingdom's recycling market size could reach $18 billion as the sector remains underdeveloped, according to a report Arab News.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Friday said it conducted yet another attack on a Saudi Aramco facility in Riyadh, in an attack comprising six armed drones, Reuters reports.
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., who expanded the global reach of Bechtel as chief executive from 1960 to 1990, died Monday at his home in San Francisco, the company announced. He was 95.
