Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) has began initial production of copper at its joint venture affiliate with Canada’s Barrick Gold, the Gulf’s largest miner said in a bourse statement on Thursday.
Maaden Barrick Copper, owned equally by the pair, will have an estimated annual production capacity at the Jabal Sayid site of 45 000 to 60 000 t of copper in concentrate, the statement said.
