沙特本地一家報社稱，沙特專案市場由於新冠疫情沉寂了一段時間後開始反彈，推動鋼材價格上漲， 一月份長了6%以上。
A rebound in project activity in Saudi Arabia following a relative lull due to the spread of Coronavirus boosted steel prices by over 6 percent in January, a local newspaper has said.
阿拉伯語日報Almadina寫道，12月份鋼材價格大概是3558沙特里亞爾每噸（948.8美元），到一月份的時候就上漲到了3790沙特里亞爾每噸（1010.6美元）。
From around 3,558 Saudi riyals ($948.8) in December, the price of one tonne of steel grew to nearly 3,790 riyals ($1,010.6) in January, the Arabic language daily Almadina said.
該媒體還稱，因為較高的需求，沙特的水泥價格也開始上漲，但是沒有給出具體的數字。
The paper said cement prices have also rebounded due to higher demand, but it gave no figures.
鋼材價格上漲主要是因為專案數量的增加，較高的國內需求以及鋼材的出口，沙特開發商Omar Al-Salmi說道。
The increase in steel prices was due to an upturn in project activity, higher domestic demand and an increase in steel exports, the paper said, quoting Omar Al-Salmi, a Saudi developer.
他表示：“在引入新的貸款機制後，私人房屋建設的數量也在逐漸增加。”
“There also has been a steady increase in the construction of private houses following the introduction of new mortgage facilities,” he said.
該媒體援引沙特吉達的一家建築材料公司銷售經理Fahd Al-Shammari的話說道，自從2022年開始以來，鋼材的需求量開始穩步增加，主要是因為專案數量的抬頭以及開發商和建設公司的大幅庫存縮減。
The paper quoted Fahd Al-Shammari, sales manager at a Jeddah-based building materials company, as saying demand for steel has steadily growth since the start of 2022 mainly because of a pick-up in project activity and large stock drawdown by developers and construction firms.
沙特是中國海外工程的一個重要市場，本地建材價格的上漲，外加高昂的回國機票和隔離費，讓在沙特的中國施工企業成本居高不下。但是，沙特的多個領域的多個專案確在全球的各大承包商的角逐中，屢創中標價格的新低，中國承包商企業的價格優勢逐漸在消失。
