Work is under way at the first of Saudi Arabia’s six new economic cities. The projects at Madina, Hail, Tabuk, Jizan, Ras Az Zour and Rabigh, are designed to accelerate major regional development.

They represent the launch of new industries and businesses comprising the most ambitious long-term investments the kingdom has ever undertaken. As well as stimulating a huge expansion of the kingdom’s growing non-oil economy they will ease the growing pressures on Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, where ... more