Saudi Arabia Hosts Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Arab Mining Capabilities

Saudi Arabia Hosts Ministerial Meeting to Discuss Arab Mining Capabilities

The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources will hold the 8th Consultative Meeting of Arab Ministers for Mineral Resources. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

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

The meeting is a vital part of the first-ever Future Minerals Summit in Riyadh from January 11 to 13.

Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef will inaugurate the meeting in the presence of all Arab ministers of industry, energy, oil, and mining.

The schedule

The meeting will discuss the activities of AIDSMO in the mineral resources sector during the period between the seventh and eighth consultative meetings of ministers.

It will also review the Organization's main achievements in implementing the recommendations of the ministers, most notably relating to the database of mining raw materials in Arab countries and establishing Arab capabilities in the mining sector.

According to the agenda, the ministers are expected to discuss the draft of preparing mining guidelines for Arab countries, the Arab Initiative for metals used in clean energy technologies, the Arab industrial and mining products orders, and setting the date and place of the