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Saudi fear climate talks will hurt OPEC oil income
Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest crude producer, will seek to ensure climate talks starting this week in Durban, South Africa, won’t unfairly limit the exporter group’s income, the kingdom’s envoy to the negotiations said. Saudi Arabia and its OPEC partners are being asked to bear too much of the burden of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions because their economies depend on oil and natural-gas revenue, Mohammed al-Sabban, said in a speech at the Energy Dialogue conference in the capital Riyadh on Nov 21. Climate change talks are at a stalemate because richer nations want emerging nations to be included in a global deal. Poorer countries are seeking more effort from states that have emitted the most heat-trapping gases in the past. Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which supply 40 percent of the world’s crude, oppose emission-reduction targets that threaten oil demand, al-Sabban said in an interview. Any package adopted at Durban should include a detailed decision on how to minimize the adverse impact of climate policies on developing countries in general and OPEC nations in particular, he said. Saudi Arabia hasn’t asked for compensation for the loss of income from oil sales as consumers look to obtain energy from cleaner fuels such as natural gas or renewable energy, al-Sabban said. Rather the kingdom wants technological assistance from developed countries and more direct investment to diversify its economy, he said. “It is very crucial to include provisions to this effect in any balanced comprehensive package we adopt in Durban,” said al-Sabban, who is also a senior economic adviser to the minister of petroleum. UN climate negotiators gather in South Africa on Nov. 28 for two weeks of talks aimed at agreeing a successor to the present commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which obliges developed countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels in the five years through 2012. “Saudi Arabia thinks that a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol is a must, and without having unconditional emission reduction numbers from developed countries for the period beyond 2012, it will be impossible to have any agreement in Durban,” he said. Saudi Arabia and other developing countries won’t agree to renegotiate the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as the UNFCCC, al-Sabban said. The Gulf state wants carbon capture and storage, or CCS, to be included in the Clean Development Mechanism, the second- biggest CO2 market that was set up by the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. CCS is an experimental technology that siphons off carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories and pumps it underground for permanent storage. OPEC’s members are Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Source: Arabian Business
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Saudi plans first tender for nuclear plant by 2012 end
Saudi Arabia, which plans to build 16 nuclear reactors by 2030, will begin the tendering process to construct the first station by the end of next year, according to the King Abdullah Center of Atomic and Renewable Energy. The site of the reactor will be announced by March, Saleh Al Shubaili, a spokesman, said in response to e-mailed questions on Monday. “The bidding will be of a gradual pace rather than one award,” Al Shubaili said, referring to the construction of all the proposed reactors. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are investing in nuclear power to help meet rising domestic demand for electricity. Source: Bloomberg
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Saudi's Maaden signs $1bn deal for project finance
A unit of the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, also known as Maaden, has signed a $1bn financing agreement with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) for the second phase of its aluminium project. Consisting of a bauxite mine at Al Ba'itha and an alumina refinery at Ras Al Khair the second phase of the project by Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina Company, will cost $3.585bn. The PIF loan will be repaid over a period of 16 years starting in 2017, the company said in a statement. The project, a joint venture between Maaden (74.9 percent) and Alcoa (25.1 percent) is being built in two phases, both of which are now under construction. The first phase consists of an aluminium smelter and rolling mill, both situated at Ras Al Khair which will begin operating in 2013. The mine and refinery are due to come on stream in 2014. Mansour Al Mayman, secretary general of the PIF, said: "This financing clearly shows the Public Investment Fund's commitment to supporting sustainable industrial projects in Saudi Arabia." Khalid Al Mudaifer, Maaden's president and CEO, added: "The impact of this new industry will be highly significant in terms of job creation, regional development and economic diversification." Maaden's aluminium project is the only one in the Middle East with an integral supply of alumina and its rolling mill will be one of the most technologically advanced in the world and the only one in the region capable of producing food grade can sheet Source: Arabian Business
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Kingdom keen on fostering foreign ties: Salman
RIYADH: Defense Minister Prince Salman on Sunday received foreign ambassadors accredited to the Kingdom and reiterated Saudi Arabia’s desire to strengthen its relations with their countries. The ambassadors came to Prince Salman’s office in Maader to congratulate him on his new appointment as defense minister following the death of Prince Sultan. “There are clear instructions from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Naif to strengthen the Kingdom’s relations with other countries of the world,” the minister said. Prince Salman said the Saudi government is keen on taking care of foreign residents from different countries. “We in Saudi Arabia are very keen to honor our guests and taking care of their comfort,” he added. He said the government established the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh as part of its efforts to care for foreign ambassadors and diplomats in the country. Ambassador Omar Diawara of Burkina Faso, head of the diplomatic cadre, spoke on behalf of the diplomats and congratulated Prince Salman on his new appointment as the Kingdom’s defense minister. He wished him every success in his new career. The reception was attended by Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan and other senior officials. Source: Arab News
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Women lawyers call for expediting rules to streamline their practice
JEDDAH: Saudi women lawyers have launched a campaign to urge the Justice Ministry to expedite the issuance of rules and regulations to professionalize their work. They said the ministry has been studying these regulations for too long. Bayan Zahran, the Saudi lawyer leading the campaign, told Arab News the lawyers were not accusing the ministry of any slackness but were hoping that it would issue the rules very soon. “Saudi women lawyers have been working in the courts for many years. They have been doing this work through representation but without formal licenses,” she said. “Working in this way and without official licenses is detrimental to the profession,” she added. Zahran said women who graduate from law schools could not find any place for training, unlike their male counterparts. “Women lawyers cannot open legal offices as such a step would require a formal license to practice law in addition to three years of experience,” she explained. Bayan said there were more than 2,000 women graduates from law colleges in addition to a large number of students. “All these graduates are not able to find legal jobs because the government departments with legal sections are not yet ready to employ them,” she said. Bayan hoped the new rules professionalizing the work of women lawyers would include steps to find employment for them in government departments, especially those with a large number of women employees such as the health and education ministries. Director of the ministry’s department of lawyers Sheikh Abdullah Al-Juwair said a study on the organization of the work of female lawyers had been completed and would soon be approved. He said under the new regulations, women lawyers would be allowed to open offices for legal and Shariah consultancy and to appear before courts, especially in cases involving women. “Many women would shy away from going to legal offices manned entirely by men, so opening women legal offices would solve their problem,” he said. Source: Arab News
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Go-ahead given to launch labor import company
JEDDAH: The Ministry of Labor issued Sunday preliminary approval to launch the first large manpower import company. The Saudi Company for Labor Import (under the process of establishment) is licensed to supply foreign labor to private and public sectors including domestic workers. The ministry, however, stipulated in the order that the company should not start its services until obtaining a final license. The ministry also urged other investors involved in launching manpower supply companies to complete their formalities within the prescribed time limit. Deputy Minister of Labor Mufrij Al-Haqabani said the ministry has already issued the statutes governing the establishment of labor import companies. The ministry decided to permit the entry of large companies with a minimum investment of SR50 million because it wanted to regulate the labor supply market and guarantee that the employers get professionally and educationally qualified workers, the minister said. Source: Arab News
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Crisis looms in transport sector as companies unable to hire Saudis
DAMMAM: A large number of companies in the transport sector say they are facing the prospect of either winding down or incurring huge losses as they struggle to adhere to the Nitaqat program. About 90 percent of companies in this vital sector are listed in the red category, meaning they are far below their Saudization targets. The Labor Ministry had given these companies Nov. 26 as the deadline to comply with the regulation or face penal action. Several investors in the road transport sector said Saudis were reluctant to take up jobs in the field, especially to work as heavy vehicle drivers because the job is considered tough and hard, Al-Eqtisadiah business daily said in a recent report. Fahd Al-Shuraie, chairman of the land transportation committee at the Asharqia Chamber, said the ministry's insistence on implementing Nitaqat in the transport sector would result in most companies failing to meet their targets. "This may force many companies to halt their operations. Transport companies are struggling to hire Saudi drivers to adhere to the Nitaqat program," he said. "We did not receive any positive response from citizens. We placed advertisements seeking Saudi drivers in various media. Moreover, we contacted labor offices across the Kingdom in search of qualified Saudi hands but with no luck," Al-Shuraie said while pointing out that there was a lukewarm response even after promising a salary of about SR5,000 for Saudi drivers. Al-Shuraie admitted that some companies tried to bypass the Nitaqat program by employing people with special needs, as hiring one disabled person is equal to four able-bodied Saudi workers. "Moreover, the Nitaqat program not only stops issuing recruitment visas for companies in the red category but also allows companies in the green band (meeting Saudization targets) to hire workers without permission from those not meeting Saudization targets," he said, describing this as another obstacle. Al-Shuraie said an overwhelming majority of companies in this sector would be forced to wind down their business. He pointed out that transport companies have an adequate number of Saudi employees in ministerial positions such as administration, service and finance. "However, these companies lack the required number of Saudis to work as drivers. Some of these companies have around 2,000 trucks and other vehicles. Under Nitaqat, they need to employ at least 250 Saudi drivers but they are struggling to find locals to take up these jobs," he said. Al-Shuraie urged the ministry to revise its Nitaqat policy for the land transportation sector by reducing the Saudization quota, as was the case with the contracting sector. He also pointed out that a large number of transport companies had signed contracts to operate freight services for crucial government departments and companies such as the Ministry of Defense, Saudi Aramco and SABIC. Al-Shuraie noted that some transport companies in the red category also faced a potential situation where a large number of employees would seek to be hired by companies in the green band. Saeed Ali Al-Bassami, deputy chairman of the transportation committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said it is very difficult to find Saudis to work as heavy drivers. "Finding workers to operate heavy vehicles is quite difficult compared to other sectors. This is mainly because of the tough nature of the job. Therefore, Saudi drivers are very rare in this sector," he said. Al-Bassami recalled that some investors in the transportation field had a meeting with Labor Minister Adel Fakeih in Makkah earlier. "During that meeting, we urged the minister to review the decision to implement Nitaqat in this sector considering the reluctance of Saudis to take the jobs. I drew the minister's attention to a proposal urging the ministry to implement a program in cooperation with technical institutes aimed at training Saudis to work as truck drivers. I also told him transport companies are ready to employ such drivers by giving them attractive salaries and allowances." According to Al-Bassami, the transport sector faces several other handicaps such as drivers leaving to join companies undertaking big projects. "Nearly 90 percent of transport companies are listed in the red category. More than 700 trucks from some companies are on standby due to nonavailability of drivers," he said. Source: Arab News
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Saudi bourse to remian steady in coming weeks
Arab stock markets moved sideways last week as investors monitored steps being taken by European policymakers to come to grips with the euro zone debt crisis, financial analysts said Friday. Saudi stocks closed week higher as the government of the world's largest exporting country prepared to declare its 2012 budget, while Egyptian shares rebounded strongly on the ruling military council's successful conduction of the first round of general elections, they added. "I believe regional stocks will be under diminishing pressure from the euro zone debt problem as the attention of investors turns to yearly corporate earnings within the coming couple of weeks," Wajdi Makhamreh, CEO of the Amman-based Noor Investments, told Arab News. He expected the geopolitics of the standoff over the Iranian nuclear file and the Arab Spring uprisings to continue to have an impact on Middle East markets. "The movement of oil prices will also have its fallout on regional stock exchanges particularly those of the Gulf countries," Makhamreh said. Saudi shares scored modest gains last week, led by the petrochemical and banking sectors. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) gained 0.3 percent on weekly basis, closing at 6,104.56 points. Abdullah Baeshen, CEO of the Saudi TeamOne Consulting, expected the Saudi market to remain "steady" in the coming couple of weeks, given the conflicting factors of the euro zone debt crisis, the imminent declaration of the Saudi government budget, oil prices and the regional political situation. "As far as the euro zone problem is concerned, the signals do not appear positive and I don't think there will be a solution until the start of January," he said. He expected the government's macroeconomic figures and public spending to boost the Saudi stock exchange. "There is a chance for Saudi stocks to go up if the benchmark breaks the 6,135-point area," Baeshen said. Kuwaiti stocks rebounded at the end of the week apparently due to the easing political tension following the resignation of the government as demanded by the opposition. Kuwait's KSE all-share index gained 0.9 percent on weekly basis, closing at 5,835 points. However, the Kuwaiti benchmark lost 1.82 per cent in November, due to "external and internal factors, mainly the domestic political turmoil", according to a report by Kuwait's Bayan Investment Co. The benchmarks of the United Arab Emirates stock exchanges of Dubai and Abu Dhabi closed week 2.2 percent and 1.1 percent in the green, respectively at 1,379 points and 2,445 points. Qatar's index gained 1.1 percent last week closing at 8,663 points, while Bahrain's benchmark closed 0.3 percent in the red, at 1,158 points. The all-share index of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) shed 1 percent last week, closing at 1,978 points, mainly due the absence of moving factors, analysts said. Egyptian shares were the main gainer in the Middle East last week, reflecting optimism on the part of investors over the success of the polling process, analysts said. Egypt's AGX 30 index, which measures the performance of the market's 30 most active stocks, gained 2.5 percent on weekly basis, closing at 4,088 points. Egyptian analyst Mustafa Adel, CEO of the Tycoon for Investment Management, attributed the Egyptian bourse's gains mainly to "the security stability that emerged during the ballot process and the steep plunge that preceded the elections on fears of violence". However, he said that foreign investors could be thwarted by reports that Islamists were emerging triumphant in the first round of polls. Source: Arab News
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Saudi Kingdom's furniture market fast expanding
JEDDAH - Furniture sales in Saudi Arabia has rapidly grown over the past years on the back of rising affluence, influence of Western culture and tourism development, the SBWire said on Thursday. Despite the economic slowdown, the industry has posted growth rate, SBWire online said, adding that furniture sale is anticipated to grow at around 12 percent in 2011-2013. That makes the Kingdom one of the most attractive furniture markets in the Middle East, it said. Citing its own research, SBWire said the Kingdom's hotel industry has emerged as "one of the flexible pillars of economic development" in the country. "Institutional investors are increasingly focusing on stable, secure and more predictable income streams as opposed to short-term capital gains, which favor the hotel sector," it said. The Kingdom's Central Region is considered to be a major hub for the country's furniture manufacturing industry with Riyadh, Qassim ad Hail as the most preferred places making furniture, SBWire said. Qassim and Kharj, famous for agricultural activities, are also know for woodworks and, with their favorable regulatory policies, have shown "notable developments in the furniture industry." Source: The Saudi Gazette
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Saudi Arabia to exploit solar energy for desalination plants
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia intends to depend heavily on solar energy to operate desalination plants instead of oil and gas as part of its efforts to make use of alternative and renewable energy sources. Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen has disclosed plans to set up a new solar-powered desalination plant within 18 months. On Wednesday, the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), which runs more than 30 desalination plants on the Kingdom's western and eastern coasts, signed an agreement with Hitachi Zosen Corporation of Japan to conduct research on making use of solar power for desalination purpose. "This agreement reflects SWCC's intent to execute the initiative of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on exploiting solar energy to operate desalination plants," said Fehaid Al-Sharief, governor of SWCC, who signed the deal with Minoru Furukawa, chairman and president of Hitachi Zosen. Al-Sharief said the move supports SWCC's strategy to cut down on production expenditures by conducting research on using renewable energy sources to operate its plants. "This three-year agreement aims at exchanging expertise and knowledge on exploiting renewable energy," the governor said, adding that it includes setting up of a solar energy complex by the Japanese company. Meanwhile, Minister Al-Hussayen, accompanied by Al-Sharief, inspected the progress of work at the desalination-cum-power generation plant in Ras Al-Khair in the Eastern Province on Wednesday. "The project will meet full requirements of Maaden company," the minister said, adding that the plant would supply water to Riyadh during the first quarter of 2013. The Ras Al-Khair desalination plant is considered the largest in the world with a daily capacity of more than a million cubic meters of water and 2400MW electricity. The project is being implemented at a total cost of SR25 billion ($6.66 billion) and the contract was awarded in November 2010. Source: Arab News
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