Al-Khobar, March 22, 2022, SPA -- Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-AlFadley today inaugurated the International Specialty Conference on Ocean Brine Mining, organized by Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in partnership with International Desalination Association (IDA) in Al-Khobar Governorate in the presence of SWCC Governor Eng. Abdullah Al-Abdulkarim and the participation of the elite of local and international experts, researchers and innovators. The conference aims to exchange knowledge expertise, discuss the latest innovative technologies in extracting metals from brine resulting from the water desalination process, create a new industry trend that contributes to decreasing the capital cost, the energy consumption, as well as reducing the cubic meter production cost, how to eliminate the carbon emissions, and localize the modern technologies through investing of the minerals such as lithium, magnesium, cesium, rubidium, and barium used in the advanced industries and achieving the economic feasibility that goes along with the Saudi Vision 2030. --SPA 19:19 LOCAL TIME 16:19 GMT 0028 www.spa.gov.sa/w1711015