中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网1月11日消息称，沙特阿拉伯矿业公司(Ma’aden)与沙特主权财富基金公共投资基金签署了一项协议，成立一家合资公司，将投资于海外采矿资产，以确保战略矿产的安全。
Ma 'aden在周三的一份声明中表示，根据合资协议，Ma 'aden将拥有新公司51%的股份，而公共投资基金(PIF)将拥有剩余的49%。
Ma 'aden称，合资公司计划最初以非运营合作伙伴的身份投资铁矿石、铜、镍和锂等行业，持有少数股权。
该公司指出：“这将提供关键矿产的实物采购，以确保国内矿产下游行业的供应安全，并将沙特定位为全球供应链弹性的关键合作伙伴。”
另外，Ma'aden宣布以1.264亿美元收购美国科技公司艾芬豪电气公司9.9%的股份，并与沙特合资公司艾芬豪电气组建合资公司，在沙特阿拉伯勘探和开发采矿项目。
根据Ma 'aden的声明，艾芬豪电气“应用了一套技术解决方案，以大幅提高以金属为重点的勘探活动的质量和效率，这与Ma 'aden获得具有长期增长潜力的大宗商品的战略一致”。
2021年10月，这家全球最大石油出口国的国有矿商的高管表示，该公司计划在未来20年里在沙特阿拉伯进行“巨额”投资，以勘探锂和镍。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Saudi Arabia Looks To Invest In Mining Assets To Secure Critical Minerals
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has signed an agreement with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, to set up a joint company that will invest in mining assets abroad to secure strategic minerals.
Under the joint venture agreement, Ma’aden will own 51% of the new company, while the Public Investment Fund (PIF) will own the remaining 49%, Ma’aden said in a statement>The joint company plans to initially invest in the iron ore, copper, nickel, and lithium sectors as a non-operating partner taking minority equity positions, Ma’aden said.
“This will provide physical offtake of critical minerals to ensure supply security for domestic minerals downstream sectors and positioning Saudi Arabia as a key partner in global supply-chain resilience,” the company noted.
Separately, Ma’aden announced an agreement to buy 9.9% in U.S.-based technology firm Ivanhoe Electric Inc for $126.4 million and form with Ivanhoe Electric, a Saudi-based joint venture company, to explore and develop mining projects in Saudi Arabia.
According to Ma’aden’s statement, Ivanhoe Electric “applies a suite of technological solutions to dramatically increase the quality and efficiency of metals-focused exploration campaigns, which aligns with Ma’aden’s strategy to gain leverage of commodities with long-term growth potential.”
In October 2021, the top executive of the state miner of the world’s top oil exporter said that the company plans “huge” investments in exploring for lithium and nickel in Saudi Arabia over the next two decades.