VOL. XLII

No 51

20-December-1999

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabias Ma'adin Buys Out Boliden From Gold MineVenture

The state-owned Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'adin) hasannounced the purchase of the 50% stake held by its joint venture partnerBoliden a Canadian-Swedish company in a gold project at Sukhaybarat, in theal-Qasim region, 750 kilometres northeast of Jiddah. The deal was reported bySaudi officials to be worth SR26mn ($6.9mn). Ma'adin now has total ownership ofthe venture, operated by the...