MANUFACTURING-

Yanbu to start producing wind turbines: Al Yamamah Steel Industries finished building and started trial operations at its new wind power systems factory in Yanbu Industrial City, according to a disclosure to Tadawul. Commercial production is expected to begin on 1 August, and the financial impact will reflect in the company’s 3Q 2025 earnings.

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REFRESHER- The Local Content and Government Procurement Authority signed agreements with Al Yamamah Steel Industries and the Arabian International Company for Steel Structure last October to localize the manufacturing of steel wind turbine towers.

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SPACE-

To space and back: Ten scientific microgravity experiments by Saudi and MENA students are safely back to Earth after their successful testing on board of the International Space Station (ISS), the Saudi Space Agency (SSA) said in a statement on Tuesday.

The experiments were selected at the Madak Space competition, organized by the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk) and the Ilmi Center for Science Discovery and Innovation, aiming to empower the next generation of Arab space researchers. The experiments were concluded by US Astronaut Peggy Whitson under direct supervision of Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi and the SSA.