Saudi authorities estimate the kingdom holds 500mn tonnes of phosphate ore, around seven per cent of global proven reserves. (Image source: Shibang/Pixabay)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has inaugurated the Waad Al Shamaal mining project, which is expected to boost the kingdom?s gross domestic product by US$6.4bn and its non-oil GDP by around three per cent

The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources (MEIMR) seeks to increase mining?s contribution to GDP from US$17bn currently to US$64bn by 2030, as well as generate more than 25,000 new jobs in the industry. (Image source: Shibang/Pixabay)

Mining in Saudi Arabia grew by 6.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q1 2018, according to data issued by the General Authority for Statistics in July

Ma?aden and GE will work together to develop and utilise new digital solutions for the mining industry. (Image source: Ma?aden)

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma?aden) and GE have signed a strategic MoU to explore opportunities to deploy GE?s digital solutions across Ma?aden?s diverse mining operations, including sites focused on gold, copper, aluminium and phosphate

Oman aims to bringing new mines onstream in the country. (Image source: U. Leone/Pixabay)

Savannah Resources plc, the AIM-quoted resource development company, has announced the issuance of letters of no objection from all eight ministries for both the Mahab 4 and Maqail South mining licence applications in Oman