Saudi Arabia's Al Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA) has emerged as the only winner from the region at the Bentley Systems 2025 Going Digital Awards. MDA won the top honours for its Manarah Urban Data Platform.
The inaugural International Gifts & Products Exhibition has opened at the Jeddah Exhibition and Events Centre, operated by the Jeddah Chamber, and will run until October 31.
Point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Saudi Arabia totalled SR12.6 billion ($3.35 billion) from October 11 to 17, down 6.8% from SR13.53 billion the previous week.
Dammam's King Fahd International Airport was targeted by an attack on Wednesday evening, killing one person, said Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).
Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports rose nearly 8 per cent in August to their highest level since March, signalling a continued recovery in shipments despite the prolonged disruption to regional energy flows caused by the Middle East conflict.
Saudi Arabia’s crude oil production rose to 8 million barrels per day (mbpd) in September 2026, an increase of 12.2% month-on-month, while Brent crude prices settled at $103.5 per barrel at the end of the month, according to Al Rajhi Capital Research.
The contribution of Saudi Arabia's private sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) has doubled in ten years, rising from SAR1.1 trillion ($293.31 billion) in 2016 to about SAR2.3 trillion ($613.28 billion) today, said Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih.
Saudi Arabia's mining exploration spending increased fivefold in four years, reaching SAR1.05 billion ($280.5 million) in 2024, up from SAR501 million ($133.5 million) in 2023, and up from SAR205 million ($55 million) in 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) has announced.
Honeywell has announced the launch of a new production line of its advanced handheld mobile computers – the ScanPal EDA57 and the CT47 – at its facility in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The move represents another major milestone in Honeywell’s ongoing localization strategy in the kingdom.
The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, in collaboration with Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, has launched the Industrial Ideas Development Programme.
