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United Arab Emirates
Index
According to a 1987 study, Sharjah was the site of 35
percent
of the UAE's industrial installations. The amirate has an
industrial zone with factories producing a variety of
items,
including furniture and household utensils. A fodder
factory at
Mina Khalid run by the Gulf Company for Agricultural
Development
opened in 1982. Other plants in the amirate include a
cement
factory, a plastic pipe factory, and a rope factory.
The gulf's first explosives factory opened in Ras al
Khaymah
in 1980. A pharmaceutical plant opened the following year.
The
amirate has several factories that use local stone and
minerals.
In addition to three cement factories, there is an asphalt
company, a lime kiln, and a thriving export business by
the Ras
al Khaymah Rock Company in aggregate, the stone used in
making
concrete.
Al Fujayrah and Ras al Khaymah have capitalized on
resources
from the Al Hajar al Gharbi Mountains, building plants
that
produce aggregate, marble, tile, asbestos insulation, and
concrete blocks. Although lack of local energy sources has
hindered industrial development, Al Fujayrah's development
plans
for the 1990s include provision for investment by other
GCC
states.
Umm al Qaywayn has relied on cement and related
industries as
a source of revenue but has suffered because of
overproduction in
the UAE. In 1987 it established a free zone modeled on
that of
Dubayy. Among Ajman's facilities are a dry dock, a ship
repair
yard, and a cement factory.
Data as of January 1993
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