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Saudi Arabia increases number of mineral production factories

The Saudi government is seeking more investment for the mining of minerals in the country as part of its economic diversification plans.

Saudi aluminum
A picture taken on Nov. 23, 2016 shows a phosphate rock production site at the Maaden Aluminium Factory in Ras Al-Khair Industrial area near Jubail City, 570 kms east of the Saudi capital Riyadh. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia is continuing its efforts to boost its production of minerals. 

The official Saudi Press Agency reported today that more 1,290 factories are now producing mineral products in Saudi industrial cities, citing the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones, aka Modon. Increased domestic and international investment helped increase the number of mineral factories, according to Modon. 

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