Arab Ministers To Discuss Future Of Mining In Riyadh Next Week

Arab Ministers To Discuss Future Of Mining In Riyadh Next Week

One of the entrances to the Al-Amar gold mine, south of the Saudi capital (Asharq Al-Awsat).

The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, in partnership with the Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization (AIDSMO), will hold on Tuesday the 8th Consultative Meeting of Arab Ministers for Mineral Resources.

The meeting will come in conjunction with the Future Minerals Forum, which will take place in Riyadh on Jan. 11-13.

Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef is scheduled to open the consultative meeting, in the presence of all Arab ministers of industry, energy, oil, and mining, and the director-general of the AIDSMO.

The meeting agenda includes a review of AIDSMO’s activities in the mineral resources sector during the period between the seventh and eighth consultative ministerial meetings and the implementation of the relevant recommendations, especially those related to the database of mining ore production and capacity building.

The meeting will also discuss preparations for a mining guiding system for Arab countries, the Arab initiative for metals used in clean energy technologies, and the Arab industrial and mining products orders and offers platform.

In an earlier statement, the Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced that it would organize on Jan. 11-13 in Riyadh,