Home Commodities News Article Feb 03 2016 more articles from Photo Credit:Reuters/Denis Balibouse * New refineries coming onstream from Algeria to Oman * Existing regional capacity already under-utilised * Middle East, N.Africa demand growth at around 4 pct a year By Maha El Dahan DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Substantial new refining capacity for sugar coming onstream in the Middle East in the next few years is far in excess Read more [...]

Bahrain digital communications solutions provider Batelco said recently that more Bahrani mobile phone users will be able to find service, thanks to the installation of the region's first LTE AIR site. AIR stands for antenna integrated radio and uses specialized towers that combine broadcasting functions that would normally require two separate towers. Batelco officials said the smaller, simplified AIR towers are easier to install and maintain, less of a blight on the environment and are Read more [...]

CaptionDr Jassim Haji, Gulf Air Director Information Technology, and Michael Korbacher, Director Google for Work, at the event.   Doha: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, recently partnered with Google to sponsor Google CSI: (Creative Skills for Innovation) Lab, during GITEX Technology Week - the largest Information Technology exhibition and conference in the Middle East. Google CSI:Lab are user-centred classes focused on sophisticated problem-solving Read more [...]

<!----> India's Electrosteel Castings, the world's third largest producer of ductile iron pipes and ancillary products, on Wednesday inaugurated its new $6.6 million warehouse in Bahrain. The company, listed in Singapore as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges, is India's largest producer of pipes, and is a supplier to over 50 countries. The Bahrain facility will act as Electrosteel's regional hub for sales and distribution activities to the Middle Eastern markets, a statement Read more [...]

Manama, Feb. 3 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa returned to Bahrain from Saudi Arabia after attending the opening of the 30th National Festival for Heritage and Culture at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The Ministry of National Guard organises the annual festival at Al-Janadriyah, under the auspices of the Saudi monarch. HM the Read more [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a Manama appeal court decision today upholding internationally-known photographer Ahmed Al Fardan's three-month jail sentence and his arrest after the hearing to begin serving the sentence. The sentence was originally imposed nearly a year ago, on 17 February 2015, when Fardan was convicted of “trying to participate in an illegal demonstration,” a charge brought against him following his arrest in December 2013. RSF regards today's appeal court Read more [...]