The Executive Vice President of the Mining Sector at the National Industrialization Company, Dr. Fadi Trabzoni, details of the first pig iron shipments from Jizan to the United States.
Trabzoni added, during his interview broadcast on Al-Ekhbariya channel, that the shipment is estimated at 37 thousand tonnes and will be exported from the first and only mining industries factory in the Middle East.
He continued, “We now have an achievement that we are proud of, through the National Industrialization Company, by establishing an integrated chain of mining products, starting with the production of iron ore and the production of pig iron, noting that the factory’s production is of excellent quality for export to world markets.”
He added that these raw materials are transformed into basic materials in advanced industries, including medical uses, shipbuilding, submarines, and construction, noting that the raw materials are received through Jazan Port and the materials are then smelted.
