Outokumpa Long Products have won a contract to provide 1,600 metric tonnes of stainless steel rebar for the Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah highway bridge project in Kuwait
Construction
Volvo CE headquarters to move from Brussels to Gothenburg, Sweden
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced on 12 January that it is moving its global headquarters from Brussels, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden
Volvo EC140D, available for EMEA, boosts profitability on-site

The new EC140D excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment combines high fuel efficiency, up time and productivity to become the ultimate earning machine. (Image source: Volvo CE)
The new Volvo EC140D excavator is available with a Tier 2-compliant engine in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets (excluding Turkey)
DWTC awards US$197mn contract to AFC for One Central phase 1A6
Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has awarded the US$197mn contract for phase 1A6 of the 182,500 sq m One Central, to Al Futtaim Carillion (AFC), which will commence operations later this month and be completed before the end of 2018
?Egypt most prosperous construction market in MENA?

During 2016 Egypt exported US$200mn worth of iron and steel. (Image source: Mohammad Aboul-Ela/Pixabay)
Egypt is the most prosperous construction market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region despite the effect of the currency?s devaluation and the high inflation rate, according to HSBC?s MENA construction report issued recently