13/12/2016
A delegation of
businessmen in Eastern Region Ras Al Khair area visited on a visit organized by
Asharqia Chamber, Sunday, December 11, 2016, the delegation was headed by Chairman
of the Board of the Chamber Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al Ataishan.
The visit aimed to get to know the investment opportunities in the mining
region reviewing the mechanisms presented by the Royal Committee in Jubail and Yanbu and the mining
company and the industries (mining), to facilitate ways to invest in them, as
the delegation witnessed the most current achievements of the region, including
the start of a transportation train and finishing seven ports.
For his part, Al Ataishan extended his thanks and
appreciation to the officials of the Royal Committee in Yanbu and Maaden for their role to
enhance the mining industry system in the Kingdom, and what they provided of
information to the delegation of businessmen during the tour and the company
facilities, saying: Ras Al Khair area, and that city that launched to make a
dramatic change in the area of the mining industry in the Kingdom and the
world, being the start towards achieving our goals in 2030 to improve and
expand the mining industry sector, as a third industrial component that supports
our national choices to diversify the national economy.
Al Ataishan said that the region and until a recent time, lacked the
construction and the improvement, only distinguished by its strategic location,
but now, thanks to God and the efforts of the Royal Committee and the mining
company and the industries , it has become the mining city in the Kingdom, the
multiplicity of products of mining and integration of industrial complexes and
infrastructure integrated, we stand today on a land that embraces several mining
projects, and we are ambitious to see them achieved day after day. All the
thanks and appreciation to King Salman bin Abdulaziz, to his direct following up
to finish the infrastructure and improvement of mining projects in this
promising city.
Al Ataishan in the visit said: We are here today on a land full with investment
opportunities with positive returns in profit and operating, in a lands eager
for finance and expansion in the mining industries and their complementary industries,
Plans and programs observed by our government for this
city and its projects, whether infrastructure or mining industries, It confirms
that it is long term investments and projects producing city, which is now witnessing
its effects on the ground; because of the amount of investments in
infrastructure to Ras AlKhair projects of more than $ 34.7 billion, adds to GDP
nearly $ 9.3 billion.
Al Ataishan noted that achieving the aspirations of the mining industry, in
which the K kingdom has a competitive advantage of the richness in the subsoil
sector, and possesses the capacity to create a progressive industries to
exploit their natural treasures, requires all of us especially we as a sector
work, that our responsibilities and that we may have an active role in the
launch of the Kingdom towards future leadership in the field of mining, as Asharqia
Chamber is ready
to play a vital role in the investment opportunities for the business sector in
all parts of the eastern region.
At the end of the visit Al Ataishan honored the general manager of the strategic planning and
development of the investment in Royal Committee in Jubail Abdulaziz Attrji,
and the Executive Director of Maaden Khalid Al Mdefr with memorial shields, also
Al Mdefer presented a memorial gift to
the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asharqia Chamber Abdulrahman Al Ataishan.
