Saudi silica surge
By Mike O'Driscoll
Published: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
High purity silica and quartz development is very much on the agenda for Saudi Arabia. IM reports on silica matters seen and heard in Jeddah
Dr Abdullah Attas, SGS
Growth opportunities for silica sand and quartz are attracting
increasing attention, and this is nowhere better exemplified
than in, of all places, Saudi Arabia.
The sand abundant country has made no secret of its strategy
in diversifying into natural resources other than oil and gas,
ie. mining....