Engineer Abdul Rahman Al-Sum, the top specialist of sustainable development in Saudi Arabian Mining Company" Maaden" has said that the company is trying to make all its projects sustainable, relying on its unique vision and long-term developmental outlook, and its eagerness to function sustainability as an integral part of its strategies and works that aim at achieving the developmental requirements of the society, especially those located near their works. In a speech at the forum of Arab Network for Social Responsibility recently held in Dubai, he said that " Maaden " has developed remote communities, where the services are not available there and have transformed them from dried deserts to major industrial cities, citing the city of Ras Al-Khair and its major industrial facilities and the company's innovative project for system of water treatment , noting that " Maaden" applied a different vision on "sustainability" through contributing to the local community in development of the city Waad Al Shamal.
