RIYADH: Saudi ministry of industry and mineral resources partnered with the Arab Industrial Development, Standardization and Mining Organization, or AIDSMO, to convene the 8th Consultative Meeting of Arab Ministers for Mineral Resources. The ministerial meeting is to take place in Riyadh on Jan. 11 2022 and is a key part of the first-ever Future Minerals Forum that is happening in Riyadh from Jan. 11 to 13, 2022. The agenda includes a review of AIDSMO’s activities in the mineral resources sector during the period between the seventh and eighth consultative ministerial meetings. Additionally, the meeting plans to prepare a mining guiding system for Arab countries, the Arab initiative for metals used in clean energy technologies, and the Arab industrial and mining products orders and offers platform.