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Another Middle East investment opportunity

The Ras Al Khaimah government, in the UAE, looks to growth in India and China to fuel its efforts to create a minerals and metals investment area.

Lara Wozniak

February 05, 2008

In another move by a Middle Eastern government to become an industrial hub, the government of Ras Al Khaimah, which is part of the United Arab Emirates, said on Monday that it would form Ras Al Khaimah Minerals and Metals Investments RMMI to help build up supplies of minerals and cater to the growing demand for such resources, particularly from China and India.

Ras Al-Khaimah is a 1,700 square kilometre region with a population of 250,000 in the northern part of the UAE, bordering Oman. While there are no concrete plans announced as of yet, officials for RMMI reckons the investment potential for the RMMI is about $1 billion in 2008.

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