Administrative Development

The 46 papers in this volume, by international experts in their fields, aim to assist the GCC and similar states to develop a viable strategy towards the exploitation of indigenous raw materials other than petroleum. Against a background of increasing demand for such materials to feed construction industries and supply manufacturing and agricultural activities, the Gulf countries face growing bills for foreign exchange to pay for expensive bulk mineral imports, yet in many cases these same materials occur abundantly within the Gulf region, constituting a potential resource of great importance. This volume deals with both the geology of inorganic raw materials and the potential usefulness of these materials to industry, concentrating on 7 major areas - regional mineral resource appraisals, mineral exploration, sand and gravel, clay, cement and concrete, mineral processing, exploitation and utilisation, evaporites, phosphates and carbonates and recommendations for future.