Int’l Conference in Riyadh Upholds Roadmap to Support Smart Mining

Int’l Conference in Riyadh Upholds Roadmap to Support Smart Mining

The Future Minerals Forum, which concluded in Riyadh on Thursday, stressed the importance of adopting a road map to support smart mining, while reducing the costs of green hydrogen and developing the use of hydrogen to reach a carbon-free mining sector.

Participants in the conference emphasized the role assumed by Saudi Arabia to promote the sector and its endeavor to transform the region into a global center to stimulate and maximize the added value of green minerals, as well as to encourage innovation and create carbon-free minerals.

Mining strategy

Prince Sultan bin Khalid, CEO of the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), pointed to the Kingdom’s major investments in hydrogen and solar panel facilities, pointing that the mining strategy included many initiatives that encourage sustainability.

During his participation in a session entitled, Developing and Promoting Investment in Mineral Value Chains, Prince Sultan bin Khalid noted that mining was the third pillar of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

He revealed that since the launch of Vision 2030, the funding dedicated to this sector has been increased to reach SAR 10 billion ($2.7 billion).

New and updated mining legislation uses a transparent regulatory framework, based on appropriate sustainability and social impact principles, the CEO of SIDF said. He noted that