Saudi Arabia Builds Railway Line Linking Mines to Persian Gulf
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Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest economy, completed building a 1,392 kilometer (870 mile) railway line linking mines in the kingdom’s north to the Persian Gulf, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
The Saudi Railway Organization tested the line by shipping a phosphate cargo from a mine operated by Saudi Arabian Mining Co., the news service said, citing Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf. The railway organization is owned by the Finance Ministry’s Public Investment Fund, the news service said.