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In Scottish Government estimates from BICS wave 164, 73.3% of businesses with a presence in Scotland were very or somewhat concerned about energy prices. In the same survey, 23.8% said the prices of goods or services they bought in August had risen from July.
The Irbid Chamber of Industry chairman said exports reached USD 934.1 million in January–September 2026, up from USD 870.6 million a year earlier.
Russia’s consumer price index increased 0.35% in September 2026 from the previous month, according to data published by Rosstat on 9 October. The index was 5.04% higher than in December 2025 and 6.35% above September 2025.
Officials reviewed six directions for a gold strategy and formed a committee to develop its implementation plan.
The Rural Electrification Fund approved connection lists covering about 204 homes and sites at a reported cost of JOD 648,000.
Estimated farm-gate disposals for wheat reached about 952,000 tonnes.
Egyptian Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi met Arcius Energy CEO Nasser Saif Al-Yafei in Athens to discuss Harmattan field development plans and the timeline for starting production.
The Cabinet approved a draft decision on managing naturally occurring radioactive materials generated by oil and gas operations.
The 2027 budget proposal assumes 112 million barrels of oil production and a $71-a-barrel crude price, while the cabinet approved changes to three petroleum permits.
The government said it plans to update the table in the coming weeks; it affected 2024 and 2025 estimates.
The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi introduced Falcon-Emirati for the local dialect, Falcon-ASR for multilingual speech transcription and Falcon-OCR-Arabic for extracting Arabic text and structure from documents.
ADNOC will supply Gulf Group with approximately 2 million tonnes of LNG over a multi-year term starting in 2027.
