VOL. XXXVI
NO. 40
5-JULY-1993
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia Discovers Large Bauxite Reserves
Saudi Arabia has discoveredreserves of bauxite estimated at 94mn tons at Zubaira, some 460 kms. northwestof Riyadh, according to Mr. Ibrahim al-Khabiri, Undersecretary at the SaudiMinistry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. In an interview with the Arabiclanguage London daily al-Hayat on 27 June, Mr. Khabiri said that the bauxite hadan alumina content of 57% and that the reserves at Zubaira would be...
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