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Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers has agreed to build a new industrial city on the Northern Border Province centred around the Kingdom’s mining industry.
‘The Mining City of the North’ will cover 290km2 and will have industrial and utilities infrastructure design to attract investors in downstream industries, said Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja.
An additional 150km2 adjoining the proposed industrial city in the Um Waal area has been allocated to set up projects of the state-run Saudi Arabian Mining Co’s (Ma’aden) phosphate industries.
‘The Mining City of the North’ is designed to work in close co-operation with Ras Al-Khair, a port and town currently under development 60km north of Jubail on Saudi’s east coast. Ras Al-Khair is also known as ‘Minerals Industrial City’.
Several major industrial plants are under construction in Ras Al-Khair at present, including a di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) plant, an aluminium smelter, an alumina refinery, ammonium plant and facilities to produce phosphoric and sulphuric acid. A new 2,350MW power and desalination plant is also under construction.
The new Mining City of the North will be linked to the new North-South Railway line that extends from the Jordanian border to Riyadh. The rail link will be designed for both passengers and industrial freight wagons, and will also provide links with Ras Al-Khair, which has freight links to the bauxite mines at Zabirah. Bauxite is a key component in the production of aluminium.
The project has also pushed through plans for three new wharfs at the Ras Al-Khair Industrial Port in the Eastern Province.
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