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RUSSIA AIMS TO CREATE ALUMINIUM OPEC WITH SUPPORT OF GULF PRODUCERS
Russia and three Gulf countries are planning to establish an aluminium industry association whose goal is reducing overproduction in the global market, raising prices for the metal.
Despite the ongoing diplomatic standoff between Qatar and its neighbours, the Russian government says it has already started talks with the governments of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, regarding establishing the new association.…
RUSSIA AIMS TO CREATE ALUMINIUM OPEC WITH SUPPORT OF GULF PRODUCERS
Russia and three Gulf countries are planning to establish an aluminium industry association whose goal is reducing overproduction in the global market, raising prices for the metal.
Despite the ongoing diplomatic standoff between Qatar and its neighbours, the Russian government says it has already started talks with the governments of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, regarding establishing the new association.…
QATAR GOVERNMENT HOPEFUL THAT GULF DIPLOMATIC ROW WILL NOT DAMAGE SGAS EXPORTS
THE QATAR government is hopeful that its recent diplomatic black-balling by other Gulf states over its supposedly liberal approach to Islamic activists will not damage its oil and gas production or exports. A Qatar ministry of energy and industry ministry spokesman has told the government-run Qatar News Agency: “We have no reasons to be concerned about gas supplies…This is a diplomatic row that should not result in an economic blockade.”…
SAUDI ARABIA’S GROWING HOT COUNTRY WORKFORCE BUYS MORE DEODORANT
SAUDI Arabia’s hot and humid desert climate has made it a high-priority higher income market for international deodorant brands. With temperatures regularly exceeding 45 degrees Celsius in the summer and 30 degrees in the winter, staying fresh all day is a social necessity.…
MIDDLE CLASS STILL DRIVING DEMAND FOR DEODORANTS IN KENYA
THE EVER-intensifying skyline of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, illustrates the rapid economic growth of this equatorial East African country, and its growing workforce is increasingly keen to buy deodorants to keep them dry and comfortable in the office and outside.
An increased focus on banking, industry, manufacturing and construction have raised the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 5.3% year-on-year in 2014 and 5.6% in 2015 (Deloitte Economic Outlook 2016).…
SAUDI ARABIA: DESERT CLIMATE CREATES STEADY DEMAND FOR HAIRCARE PRODUCTS
WITH a climate that leaves consumers constantly battling with dry and frizzy hair, and with a sizeable population of 32.6 million people, Saudi Arabia has become a strategic destination for haircare brands. Despite the deceleration of economic activity over the last year and tighter liquidity, the Kingdom’s haircare market experienced moderate growth in 2016 compared to 2015, increasing 1% in value terms to reach Saudi Arabian Riyals SAR2.9 billion (USD746.4 million), according to market researcher Euromonitor International.…
UAE: RIPE FOR ORGANIC COSMETICS GROWTH
Consumers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are becoming savvier about their beauty products and more conscious of what ingredients they’re putting on their skin and hair. This increasing awareness along with a widening choice of products is driving steady growth in the country’s natural and organic cosmetics and toiletry market.…
DEMAND FOR NON-WOVENS INCREASING IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, BUT LOCAL PRODUCTION CAN BE LACKING
THE MIDDLE East and Africa is certainly a promising regional market for nonwovens manufacturers, given the high level of economic growth in many countries and the rise of consumer-culture focused middle classes. But companies need to be sophisticated in their investment and sales tactics given the immense variety of economic and social fortunes experienced by countries in this most diverse region.…
TIDE OF CHINESE MONEY LAUNDERING CHANGES – WITH FLOWS FROM EUROPE TO CHINA GROWING
A case detected last May (2015) at Lisbon international airport, Portugal, says much for the worrying scale of the laundering of illicit funds from Europe into mainland China. A nondescript Chinese couple travelling from Lisbon to Shanghai via the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Dubai was stopped carrying more than EUR1 million in large denomination notes found elaborately wrapped in ‘danger, chemicals’ packaging within packets marked ‘FRAGILE’.…
ICAO CYBER-SECURITY DECLARATION CALLS FOR OUTLAWING OF WEB ATTACKS ON CIVIL AVIATION
A FORMAL International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ‘Dubai Declaration’ on boosting cyber-security in civil aviation has been approved at an inaugural Cyber Summit and Exhibition staged by the UN agency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The declaration says that member states should outlaw cyber-threats targeted at civil aviation.…