VOL. XLIII

No. 33

14-August-2000

SAUDI ARABIA

Ma'adens Exploitation Of Huge Phosphate Reserves Awaits Infrastructure Development

State-owned Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) in its latest company report points out the huge potential for exploiting phosphate in the far north of the country some of the biggest known but undeveloped rock deposits in the world. Proven reserves at al-Jalamid alone are sufficient to mine 4.5mn tons/year of phosphate rock for over 50 years (see map and details...