Expats remit $13 billion from Qatar in 2011
Remittances routed by foreign workers overseas stood at an incredible QR47.5bn ($13bn) in 2011, with India topping the list of ...
Country: Qatar
Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry: Demand for natural gas to rise 60%
With the demand of natural gas is projected to rise in the long term, the development of Natural Gas and ...
Arabtec secures $630 million Downtown Doha contract
UAE-based contractor Arabtec has announced that it has been awarded with a $631.7m (2.3bn Qatar Riyal) contract to build the ...
$70 billion worth of investment opportunities in Qatar
Qatar holds a pool of investments worth $70 billion that are needed to meet the fastest growing economy in the ...
Kahramaa plans 220MW solar power project in Qatar
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has announced the launch of a 220 megawatts (MW)solar energy power project at ...
COP18 conference enters second week
The 18th UN conference on Climate Change “(COP18 / CMP8”) has entered its second week amid hopes and demands that ...
COP18/CMP8 President meets with Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the President of the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference, along with his team, held ...
Construction of $1.9 billion Barwa Commercial Avenue on track
Construction of Barwa Commercial Avenue (BCA), the iconic mixed-use development which stretches over an impressive 8.5km in length, is well ...
Qatar to invest up to $20 billion in solar energy plant
OPEC member Qatar will ask firms to tender for a 1,800 megawatt (MW) solar energy plant in 2014 costing between ...
Qatar to get solar-powered desalination plant
An estimated 80 percent of Qatar’s total water desalination process would be soon powered by solar energy. The country’s proposed ...
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