Heavy industries, which include aluminium and steel production as well as mining and quarrying, contributed 12.8% of GDP in 2011, according to the Economic Development Board, the state investment agency. Bahrain’s reputation as an aluminium exporter has already been globally established, but authorities are now turning their attention toward...
Capitalising on its geographical advantages, Bahrain invested in the sort of high-quality, efficient transport infrastructure demanded by international commerce well before its regional rivals. The country hosted the first airport in the Gulf and was an early leader in developing internationally competitive ports. Today, this first-mover advantage...
Space is fast running out in the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP), with up to 75% now allocated. The park, one of the most successful of the Kingdom’s specially developed industrial zones, has been designed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) to attract local, regional and multinational firms seeking a global base of...
As the country’s first heavy industry to be developed, aluminium remains a cornerstone of the Kingdom’s industrial base. The GCC industrial landscape has changed dramatically since 1968, when the Kingdom established Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) and began developing the aluminium sector. At the time, the region was emerging as a major contender for...
As one of the most modern and efficient shipping centres in the region, the transport and logistics facilities on Bahrain’s Muharraq Island continued to draw business to the Kingdom throughout 2011. The Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP), which opened in 2009, showcases the government’s dedication to further developing the country’s transport offerings...
The Dar An-Naft, or “House of Oil”, is a museum in Awali that tells the story of how the Kingdom’s discovery of oil in 1932 transformed an economy based on pearl trading to one of hydrocarbons, blazing a trail that the rest of the Gulf states subsequently followed.
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