Riyadh: Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef held an official meeting on Sunday at the ministry's headquarters with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright as part of his current visit to the Kingdom. The talks focused on strengthening the strategic relationship between the two countries in the mining and minerals sector.
According to Saudi Press Agency, they explored ways to expand cooperation in the mining sector and emphasized the importance of minerals in the energy transition, advanced technology industries, and modern economies linked to clean energy, as well as their significance in the electric vehicle industry and its components.
The two sides also discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation and high-value investment opportunities in both countries and the enablers available to leverage these opportunities in support of deepening their longstanding partnership. Minister Alkhorayef invited the US energy secretary to attend the Future Minerals Forum, which will be held in Riyadh next year.