VOL. XLIII
No. 10
6-March-2000
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabias Ma'adin Approves Start Of New Gold Mining Project
The board of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'adin) has given its approval for the start of a gold mining project at al-Hajar, about 550km south-east of Jiddah in 'Asir province. Last December the company said that specifications of equipment were being finalized for an open pit/heap leach operation (MEES, 20 December 1999). The mine, with gold reserves of 3.2mn tons, will...
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