Riyadh Focus

Riyadh Focus

Yamama Q1 profits surge 31pc

Saudi Arabia’s Yamama Cement posted a 31 per cent increase in first-quarter net profits due to higher sales despite an export ban.Saudi cement companies are still faced...

Riyadh Focus

Rowad to start BOPP line soon

Production at a Rowad Group plant in Dammam to manufacture BOPP (bi-axially oriented polypropylene) film is expected to begin soon, an official of the group said.Rowad...

Riyadh Focus

Outokumpu to expand pipe sizes

Finland’s steel producer Outokumpu’s Saudi subsidi- ary is expanding its Riyadh plant to create capacity for the production of process pipes of higher diameters than are...