Emirates Steel Increases Output by 45.4% and Sales Volumes by 30% Emirates Steel, the largest single integrated steel producer in the UAE, registered an increase in finished products output by 45.4 per cent during the first half of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Product sales increased by 30 per cent during that same period, according to the press release issued by ESI on 27 July, 2010. [..More]Kuwait-Oman train could run by 2017 An ambitious GCC rail network linking Kuwait with Muscat could be up and running by 2017, the project manager said yesterday. Gulf nations are working to link their various rail projects into one network to service both freight and passengers. [..More]Société Nacionale de Sidérurgie «SONASID» Suspends its Expansion Projects and Its profits dropped by 86% after decline of sales and fall of prices National Iron and Steel Company "SONASID", has announced that its net half annual profits dropped by 86.5% as a result of the reduced demand for the construction steel in the Moroccan market along with the sharp drop of the steel prices in the world market and the reflection of this on the Moroccan market. [..More]