YEMEN TO EXPORT ZINC TO WORLD MARKETS BY NEXT YEAR

SANA'A, May 07 (Saba)- Yemen is to export zinc to the international markets by beginning of next year, Ismail al-Jand, chairman of Geological Survey and Minerals Wealth Authority said.

In his statement to Saba, al-Jand said that the Jabal Salb Company achieved progress in the zinc mine project in Nahm region of Sana'a province, expecting that the mine would be opened by end of this year.

The total cost of the project is $ 200 million.

The Yemeni-British company was granted a contract of utilization for the zinc based on a law No. 24/2007.

Around 100 workers are working with the company and they will be 400 employees in the stage of production, according to the report of the authority.

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