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Cabinet approves the transfer of licensing authority for accounting and other professions
A draft cooperation agreement with the World Economic Forum on minerals was also approved
Saudi is ramping up its chicken production
Local chicken production is growing 6% a year
Aussie battery player EVM lines up US private equity investment for Yanbu lithium chemicals plant
The project is set to commence construction with an initial production capacity of 50k tons annually
Energy transition minerals in spotlight as Riwaq inks JV with UK’s Power Metals to explore Arabian Shield
RIWAQ has 15 tenements under its ownership.
Miners exploring for copper, rare earths could get access to SAR 685 mn incentive program
The Kingdom is looking to tap reserves of gold, phosphate and other minerals
Metso and EV Metals to build lithium plant in Yanbu
Metso will use its leaching tech in EV Metals’ LCP project
It’s a go for Ma’aden, Ivanhoe mining venture in the kingdom
This will play into the kingdom’s efforts to unlock its USD 1.3 tn in mineral reserves.