Barrick Gold Corporation

JABAL SAYID SAUDI ARABIA. JABAL SAYID. The Jabal Sayid copper operation is located 350 kilometers north-east of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It's a 50/50 joint venture operation with Ma'aden. The first shipment of copper concentrate occurred in December 2015, and the mine commenced commercial production in July 2016.

Tronox's Acquisition of Cristal Cleared by Saudi Arabia's …

STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Tronox Limited (NYSE: TROX) (" Tronox " or the "Company"), a global mining and inorganic chemicals company, today announced the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Competition has approved the Company's proposed acquisition of the titanium dioxide business of …

Saudi Rafd Al-Nahhas and Glencore Launch a Major Copper …

The total cost of this endeavor is estimated at around 5.5 billion Saudi riyals (approximately 1.5 billion US dollars), making it the first smelter of its kind in the Middle East. The agreement was signed by Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Baz, Managing Director and CEO of the Rafd Al-Nahhas Industrial Company, in the presence of Ahmed bin Saad Al ...

Saudi Arabia's First Copper Smelter and Refinery Announced …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RiFD Copper Smelting & Refinery Project will have a planned capacity of 400kpta of copper cathode production. It will be constructed and …

Alcoa Corporation and Ma'aden Amend Joint Venture

The joint venture was created in 2009 as a fully integrated aluminum complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, comprised of three entities: the Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina Company (MBAC; the bauxite mine and alumina refinery), the Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC; the aluminum smelter and cast house), and the Ma'aden …

Ajlan & Bros

Valcambi and Ajlan & Bros Mining is building a state-of-the-art refining facility in Saudi Arabia for precious metals and Platinum Group Metals (platinum, palladium, rhodium and iridium) with capacity of 250 tons per annum. Mining Cooperation & Chiefing Jelong. Ajlan Mining and Chiefing Jelong have started exploring for gold and associated ...

Smelter Operator Salary Yanbu'al Bahr, Saudi Arabia

The average smelter operator salary in Yanbu'al Bahr, Saudi Arabia is 93,543 ر.س.‏ or an equivalent hourly rate of 45 ر.س.‏. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Yanbu'al Bahr, Saudi Arabia. ... Saudi Arabia. An entry level smelter operator (1-3 years of experience ...

Global Operations

Bauxite mine and alumina refinery Joint Venture Project, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . In December 2009, Alcoa Inc and Ma'aden entered into an agreement setting forth terms of a joint venture between them to develop a fully integrated aluminium complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ... The Portland smelter has an annual production capacity of ...

Saudi Arabia: Ma'aden builds aluminium industry from scratch

The Saudi capital market regulator announced in May that Ma'aden could launch an IPO in July. It will be one of the largest ever listings on the local exchange, raising almost $2.5 billion for a 50% sale of the firm. But the Saudi government will probably retain a majority holding, as two state pension funds have each been reserved 5% of the IPO.

Yanbu Plant

May 1, 2019. Advanced technology was the driving force in the establishment of Tronox's Yanbu Plant, formerly owned by Cristal, back in 1989 to produce titanium dioxide using the chloride process. This was at a time when the titanium industry was nonexistent in the Middle East. Commissioning started in 1991 and the first marketable quality ...

INTERVIEW: Saudi miner Maaden mulls expanding aluminum smelter …

Saudi Arabia's Maaden, the biggest Gulf miner, is mulling expanding its $10.8 billion aluminum joint venture with Alcoa to help meet demand for the local market, which consumes some 60% of total produ ... The smelter can be expanded because the refinery supplying alumina to the facility is not fully utilized, given it has a capacity to …

SR 2 billion ilmenite plant planned in Jazan | Arab News

"The Jazan smelter will go on stream next year and it will the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia," said Dr. Talal Al-Shair, chairman and CEO of Cristal. ... "The smelter's production ...

Dubal

Moreover, the smelter project would strongly boost EEC's drive to develop industrial zones within the King Abdullah Economic City, ultimately attracting downstream investments in the aluminium industry, and resulting in further job creation and GDP development for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia's titanium smelter plant faces operational delays

The National Industrialisation Company (Tasnee) in Saudi Arabia has delayed the start-up of its titanium smelter plant within the economic city of Jazan following an unspecified technical issue, a regulatory filing has revealed. According to a statement filed on Tadawul, Tasnee said a technical issue was encountered during the start-up of ...

Yanbu zinc smelter project Report | Wood Mackenzie

The Yanbu zinc smelter project in Saudi Arabia was conceived around the Jabali oxidic ore deposit in Yemen. This deposit was first explored in 1984 in the search for sulphidic zinc deposits. Originally the concept was for a zinc smelter to be built at the Jabali mine site. The Jabali deposit is located 110km north-east of Yemen's capital …

RIFD COPPER COMPANY

We are a national company that are heading to be the world's leader in copper cathode 'A' production (99.99% purity) - Our upcoming Copper Smelter Complex in Yanbu Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will …

Ma'aden aluminium smelter Report | Wood Mackenzie

Report summary. The 740 kt/a primary aluminium smelter was the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia and is part of a larger project that comprises a 4.25Mt/a bauxite mine, a 1.8Mt/a alumina refinery and a 0.38Mt/a rolling mill. The smelter, which produced first metal in December 2012 and started commercial shipments of ingot in January 2013, is ...

China's green policies push aluminum smelters to step up …

Chinese aluminum companies are looking to expand abroad as China's climate change policies constrain domestic expansion. They plan to build at least 8 million metric tons of aluminum smelting capacity in countries that are part of the Belt and Road Initiative, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, according to state-backed …

Saudi Arabia's First Copper Smelter and Refinery …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia . RiFD Copper Smelting & Refinery Project will have a planned capacity of 400kpta of copper cathode production. It will be constructed and commissioned in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The RiFD Project will utilise ISASMELT™, ISACONVERT™, IsaKidd™ and OxiLeach™ technologies as core elements of the plant …

Advanced Metals | Tasnee

We are developing the Titanium Value Chain in Saudi Arabia aligning with Saudi Vision 2030. About Us About Us Tasnee was Established in 1985, Tasnee has a wide range of interests in petrochemicals, chemicals, plastics, and metals manufacturing, industrial services and environmental technologies. ... ASIC owns a titanium smelter in Jazan City ...

Award of Merit, Power/Industrial: Ras Al Khair Aluminum …

Photo courtesy Bechtel. Bechtel finished a $4.2-billion smelter ahead of schedule in Saudi Arabia with 14,000 workers and recorded just four lost days. …

Saudi Arabia to build its first titanium dioxide smelter metal factory

Cristal will set up the first factory for titanium dioxide smelter metal at the Jazan Economic City in Saudi Arabia at a cost of US$146mn by next year. In its first stage the factory will produce 1.41mn cubic metres of titanium dioxide and 707,921 cubic metres of pure raw steel for local consumption. Talal Al-Shaer, CEO of Cristal, said, ?The ...

Member Highlights – Tronox Acquires Titanium Dioxide Business of Saudi

September 28, 2020 export. In April 2019, U.S.-Saudi Business Council (USSBC) Platinum member Tronox, a global mining and inorganic chemicals company, acquired the titanium dioxide (TiO 2) business of Saudi joint-stock company National Titanium Dioxide Company Limited (Cristal). Cristal operates eight manufacturing plants in seven countries on ...

Trafigura JV to build $2.8bn metal smelter in Saudi Arabia

Global commodities trader Trafigura said it has reached an agreement to build a giant copper, zinc and lead smelting complex in Saudi Arabia at an investment of $2.8 billion. The mega project, SmeltCo, which will come up in Ras Al Khair Mineral City in Saudi Arabia, is equally owned by Trafigura and Modern Mining Holding - an affiliate of …

Saudi JV starts work on world's largest aluminium project

SMELTER PLAN: Work started on Wednesday on the worlds largest aluminium project in Saudi Arabia. (Getty Images) The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) and US firm Alcoa said on Wednesday they have moved into construction phase of a joint venture to build the world's largest aluminium project. In its initial phases, …

COPPER SECONDARY SMELTER

A secondary copper smelter plant in KSA would be focused on supplying copper cathode to the domestic market. The demand for copper smelter is mainly dependent on the cables and wires industry Saudi Arabia cable market is the largest in the region and is expected to exhibit high growth at 6.2% CAGR from 2020 to 2026.

Maaden aluminum smelter cuts production on operating …

The massive Saudi Arabia aluminum complex — which includes the smelter, a mine, an alumina refinery and a rolling mill — is 75% owned by Maaden and 25% by Alcoa.

Trafigura JV to start building mega copper, zinc, lead …

A joint venture between Trafigura and a Saudi Arabian company will start building a major copper, zinc and lead smelter complex in Saudi Arabia approximately …

Saudi Arabia's Maaden aluminum smelter cut …

Bloomberg. Published: 12 January,2023: 10:15 AM GST Updated: 12 January,2023: 10:23 AM GST. 2 min read. Saudi Arabian Mining Co. reduced production at the aluminum smelter it owns with Alcoa Corp. …

Cristal Ilmenite Smelting Plant, Jizan, Saudi Arabia

Cristal Ilmenite Smelting Plant, Jizan, Saudi Arabia. Finnish company Outotec completed very large industrial project in the west-south of Saudi Arabia. The project was constructed in a very short time – two years. Peikko …