Qatar's commerce ministry announced an online e-commerce licence with a QAR 500 issuance fee; its digital-services package also adds an app service for eight certificates.
The system at King Abdulaziz Port’s multipurpose terminals is intended to support planning and coordination; the announcement gives no measured efficiency gain or capacity figure.
The new unit will focus on logistics and mobility, industrial clusters and the circular economy; no project budget, capacity or implementation schedule was announced.
Manarat has opened applications for 16 ready-built factory units in Qatar’s New Industrial Area. The initiative aims to support manufacturers using advanced technology with advisory, finance and export services.
The companies signed a collaboration agreement to explore a transit-linked mixed-use development; its indicative value of about SAR 21 billion remains subject to review, financing and final agreements.
The sides completed negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, but signature, ratification and entry-into-force steps remain. Bilateral non-oil trade reached US$12.3 billion in 2025.
Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting the UAE and Thailand foreign trade ministers
Industry Minister Yarub Qudah outlined a proposal to process Jordanian silica into high-purity silicon and wafers, with later production shared across the region.
Ashghal says it has re-awarded eight delayed infrastructure projects to new contractors. Those projects serve about 6,360 residential plots; a separate 13-project group resumed work since April 2025 and serves more than 11,500 plots.
The transformation project reached its 50% milestone, WAM reported on 7 October; the upgraded facility is designed to process 400,000 tonnes of municipal waste a year once operational.
Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM), Tadweer Group Al Ain MRF upgrade milestone
Khalifa University and TII are hosting two meetings from 4 to 8 October; organisers reported that more than 140 research papers were accepted for presentation.
In its SADA experiment, NVIDIA reports that word error rate on a Najdi and Hijazi test split fell from 55.05% to 29.96%; the result is specific to the reported test data.
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