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Largest Steel Companies in Saudi Arabia

The current demand for steel in Saudi Arabia is around 10-12 million tons per year. The current capacity of Saudi steel companies is 8m tons per year. The demand for steel is to grow by 19.5% on the backdrop of large governmental project, infrastructure spending, transportation and most importantly housing projects. 70% of Saudi population does not own any house at all. The supply is supposed to grow by 9%.

Zain – A Leading Telecom in Saudi Arabia – Standing out of the Connected Crowd

With a total population of approximately 30 million people, the oil state “is a very dynamic market,” Hassan Kabbani, the CEO of Zain KSA, told Marcopolis in an exclusive interview. “There is a very high level of mobile penetration, reaching more than 180%, and very high level of Smartphone penetration.” Such figures are rare in the emerging markets, but typical for the Gulf Arab oil states with its low population density, but huge distances between the different cities and villages.

Saudi Arabia – No Longer a One-Basket Economy

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and oil are some of the oldest synonyms in contemporary history. But the kingdom has more to offer than black gold, and the government in Riyadh is working tenaciously to diversify the economy. “If you compare it by GDP, oil represents 85 percent in Saudi Arabia,” says Abdulrahim Al-Zamil, Chairman of the multi-industry conglomerate Zamil Group.

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