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The Saudi Heritage Commission announced on Thursday accrediting the registration and documentation of 1,138 new architectural heritage sites in the National Register of Architectural Heritage. The number of sites registered in the National Register of Architectural Heritage now stands at 3,646 sites in various regions of the Kingdom, a national heritage that reflects Saudi Arabia’s historical richness.

Saudi Arabia has just revealed a valuable mining discovery underground, worth more than SAR 9.3 trillion ($2.5 trillion). This nearly doubles the 2016 estimates of SAR 5 trillion ($1.3 trillion). The newfound mineral wealth is being compared to a new oil, indicating a substantial and lasting boost for the Kingdom’s future economy. During the opening of the third Future Minerals Forum held in Riyadh this week, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef, shared this news in the presence of representatives from 79 countries.

The first day of the third edition of Future Minerals Forum saw the signing of 20 agreements worth a total of SAR27 billion riyals ($7 billion) between government agencies, companies and other organizations participating in the Forum.

In 2014, the Baiji plant was destroyed at the hands of Islamic State militants.

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