Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) i ka hoʻohui ʻana o ma mua o 7.8 miliona auneke (ma kahi o 242.6 tonnes) o nā kumuwaiwai gula mai nā ʻāpana mining nui ʻehā ma Saudi Arabia. ʻO kēia mau ʻāpana e komo pū ana me nā mines e hana nei i kēia manawa, nā wahi ʻimi mua, a me nā wahi i ʻike hou ʻia, aia nā mea a pau ma ke Aupuni.
ʻO kēia hoʻokō ka hopena o ka holomua ʻana o nā papahana ʻeli a me nā hana ʻimi - ua hoʻolālā mua kēia mau hana ma mua o 9 miliona auneke o nā kumuwaiwai hou, a ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ma hope i 7.8 miliona auneke ma muli o nā kumu makahiki e like me nā kuhi kumukūʻai a me nā kumukūʻai.
Ma kāna ʻōlelo, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ua hoʻopuka nā papahana ʻeli i kuhikuhi ʻia i ka ulu nui o nā kumuwaiwai ma nā ʻāpana nui ʻehā:
I waena o lākou, ua hāʻawi ka lua ʻeli Mansourah-Massarah i kahi piʻi makahiki o 3.0 miliona auneke o nā kumuwaiwai gula; ua hoʻohui pū nā wahi ʻo Uruk 20/21 a me Umm Al-Sarim i 1.67 miliona auneke; a ua hāʻawi ka lua ʻeli Wadi Al-Jaw i 3.08 miliona auneke o nā kumuwaiwai gula mua (ʻo ia ka ʻike mua ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai gula ma kēia wahi).
Ua kuhikuhi ka ʻōlelo e hōʻike ana kēia mau hopena i ka pono o Maʻaden a me ka hiki ke hoʻokō i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi waihona waiwai gula koʻikoʻi ma Saudi Arabia.
"Ua hāʻawi mai kā mākou papahana ʻimi - ʻo ia ka papahana ʻimi ʻāina hoʻokahi nui loa o kona ʻano ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - i nā hopena hiki ke ʻike ʻia. Ma o nā kumu waiwai hoʻolālā ʻehā, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumuwaiwai gula i hoʻolaha ʻia e Saudi Arabia ma mua o 7 miliona auneke (ʻoiaʻiʻo he 7.8 miliona auneke)."
Ma kāna ʻōlelo, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ua hoʻopuka nā papahana ʻeli i kuhikuhi ʻia i ka ulu nui o nā kumuwaiwai ma nā ʻāpana nui ʻehā:
I waena o lākou, ua hāʻawi ka lua ʻeli Mansourah-Massarah i kahi piʻi makahiki o 3.0 miliona auneke o nā kumuwaiwai gula; ua hoʻohui pū nā wahi ʻo Uruk 20/21 a me Umm Al-Sarim i 1.67 miliona auneke; a ua hāʻawi ka lua ʻeli Wadi Al-Jaw i 3.08 miliona auneke o nā kumuwaiwai gula mua (ʻo ia ka ʻike mua ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai gula ma kēia wahi).
Ua kuhikuhi ka ʻōlelo e hōʻike ana kēia mau hopena i ka pono o Maʻaden a me ka hiki ke hoʻokō i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi waihona waiwai gula koʻikoʻi ma Saudi Arabia.
"Ua hāʻawi mai kā mākou papahana ʻimi - ʻo ia ka papahana ʻimi ʻāina hoʻokahi nui loa o kona ʻano ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa - i nā hopena hiki ke ʻike ʻia. Ma o nā kumu waiwai hoʻolālā ʻehā, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kumuwaiwai gula i hoʻolaha ʻia e Saudi Arabia ma mua o 7 miliona auneke (ʻoiaʻiʻo he 7.8 miliona auneke)."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-08-2026
