Mining industry in Saudi Arabia: English vocabulary for Arabic Students

April 19, 2024

Mining sector's relevance to the economy

The mining and quarrying sector is the Saudi economy's primary revenue source. Saudi Arabia's most significant exports are mineral oil and its products. This is closely followed by other mining products such as metals, inorganic compounds, precious and essential metals.

The Saudi government is drafting a new mining investment legislation for the Kingdom as part of its Vision 2030 reforms to diversify the economy and eliminate its reliance on oil. They want to attract more domestic and global investors to help boost their mining sector after the new laws are enacted in 2021.

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Mining vocabulary

• Acre - is a unit of land measuring 43,556 square feet (0.405 hectares).
• Adit - is a horizontal entry into an underground mine from the surface.
• Auger - is a tool that looks like a giant corkscrew and is used to bore holes in wood, the earth, ice, and other materials.
• Base Metal - a broad phrase for relatively cheap metals such as copper, zinc, and lead.
• Bedrock - is the solid rock beneath the dirt, gravel, or loose boulders.
• Carat - is a measure of weight for precious stones equal to 200 mg.
• Carbon - is a naturally occurring nonmetallic element that forms diamonds and graphite.
• Cleave - is to cut or break apart, particularly along the grain or cleavage line.
• Deformation - is a broad word for the folding, faulting, shearing, compression, or extension of rocks caused by numerous Earth forces.
• A dike - is an igneous rock intrusion into other rocks.
• Emery is an abrasive used to clean metal or other hard surfaces, such as sandpaper.