Atlas Copco has appointed a new distributor ? Merkez Al-Madina for Machinery and Equipment Trading Company ? to boost business in Iraq
Construction
KSA and UAE eye US$3bn Suez industrial city in Egypt

The industrial city would have factories to manufacture various products, including food and cars. (Image source: Cycling man/Flickr)
A consortium of Saudi Arabia and UAE companies has expressed interest in setting up a giant industrial city in the Suez region of Egypt at an investment of US$3bn
Orascom wins two contracts worth US$200mn in North Africa

Orascom also won a contract worth US$20mn to manufacture and supply all structural steel for a West Nile Delta gas project in Egypt. (Image source: Hans/Pixabay)
Orascom Construction has won US$200mn worth of building contracts in Algeria and Egypt, Reuters has reported
Bahrain to build 25,000 housing units by 2020

Bahrains housing minister said the country?s plans are not yet affected by the decrease in oil prices. (Image source: cegoh/Pixabay)
Bahrain has planned to build 25,000 housing units in the next four years
Jordan to float highway revamp project worth US$170mn

The agreement entails a complete rebuilding of the 220km road in Jordan. (Image source: William Warby/Flickr)
Jordan?s Ministry of Public Works would float a tender for the implementation of the desert highway rehabilitation project by March this year