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Saudi Arabia plans new industrial city

  • Saudi Arabia: Sunday, September 02 - 2012 at 11:14

The Saudi industry minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has announced plans to build a new industrial city in Al-Khafji, Arab News has reported. The new 30 million sq m city would draw investments worth SR2bn, he said. "Talks are underway with Kuwaitis who want to shift their industries to Al-Khafji," he said, adding that 20 Kuwait industries, with a total investment of more than SR100m have already been shifted to the city. "Al-Khafji is an oil city on the kingdom's east coast with good infrastructure facilities and it is easy to get feedstock required by industries. A port can be established there to export products to international markets," he said.

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