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Saudi mining firm exports blue ammonia to China

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has exported its first shipments of low-carbon blue ammonia to China. The Saudi Exchange (Tadawul)-listed mining major signed an agreement to supply 25,000 tonnes of blue ammonia to China’s Shenghong Petrochemicals. Ma’aden is among the largest exporters of blue ammonia, having received certification for production in 2022. It will ship […]

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Ma’aden buys $126m stake in US mining firm

Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) has bought a 9.9 percent stake in US minerals exploration company Ivanhoe Electric as part of a joint venture exploring an area in the kingdom that’s larger than Denmark. The $126 million deal includes a $66 million joint venture where Ma’aden will use Ivanhoe’s Typhoon geophysical surveying technology to mine […]

Khalid Al Mudaifer, seen at a mining investment event in South Africa, says opportunities worth $32bn are on offer

Saudi Arabia seeks foreign and local mining firms to join big dig

Saudi Arabia is inviting local and international mining companies to bid for licences on five exploration sites across the kingdom. The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources said on Monday it had launched pre-qualification for the licensing round, as Riyadh steps up the search for foreign investors as well as efforts to explore its reserves […]

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Luxembourg firm commits $50m investment to Saudi mining

A Luxembourg-based natural resources group is set to enter Saudi Arabia with an initial $50 million investment as the kingdom looks to attract more foreign companies to its burgeoning mining sector. Eurasian Resources Group (Erg) said there is potential to grow its Saudi investment year-on-year, adding that it will prioritise large scale, early-stage exploration for […]

Stock photo of a copper mine. Saudi reported $8bn of foreign direct investment in mining last year

Saudi to auction five mining exploration licences in 2023

Saudi Arabia is set to auction five new mining exploration licences next year, state news agency SPA has reported, citing Bandar bin Ibrahim AlKhorayef, the minister of industry and mineral resources. The licences, aimed at international and local investors, will include copper, zinc, lead and iron deposits and will be auctioned for sites in Bir […]

Record profits for Gulf’s materials sector but growth set to slow

Profits among the Gulf’s listed companies in the materials sector reached their highest levels on record in the second quarter of 2022. However, industry experts believe supply chain issues and the Ukraine war will see growth begin to slow. Across the whole of the GCC, the total net profit of listed companies reached $77.3 billion […]

Stock photo of a copper mine. Saudi reported $8bn of foreign direct investment in mining last year

Saudi to award Umm Ad Damar mining licence in November

The Saudi Geological Survey has completed the pre-qualification phase to award the exploration license for the Umm Ad Damar mining project, CEO Abdullah Al-Shamrani told Arab News. “The project will go through different cycles, but by the end of November, we will see the winning company,” he said. Umm Ad Damar covers an estimated area […]

Manufacturing and mining help Saudi industrial output rise 20.8%

Industrial production in Saudi Arabia increased by 20.8 percent year-on-year in June, with the mining and manufacturing sectors the main catalysts for growth. The Saudi General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) found that in June the Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose 20.8 percent year-on-year. A dive into the figures of their report showed that manufacturing activity […]

Saudi Arabia’s Maaden’s Q2 profit triples to $1.1bn

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) reported Q2 2022 net profit more than tripled to SAR 4.03 billion ($1.07 billion) from SAR 1.10 billion in the year-earlier period on higher sales prices and increased production. Sales revenue stood at SAR 11.87 billion in Q2 2022 compared to SAR 6.10 billion in the prior period, the mining […]