Title: Yemen: Mining, Minerals, and Fuel Resources
Headings: Yemen: Mining, Minerals, and Fuel Resources
Yemen: Mining, Minerals, and Fuel Resources
Overview of Resources
Metals
Industrial Minerals
Fossil Fuels
Investment
Sources and Further Reading
G.P. Thomas
Citations
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Content: Industrial Minerals
State-owned Yemen Corporation for Cement Industry and marketing (YCC), National Cement Co. (AYCC), and Arabian Yemen Cement Co. Ltd are the major cement producing companies in Yemen. Cement plants at Amran, Bajil, and Al Burh are operated by YCC. In 2009, the Amran cement plant produced nearly 1.3 Mt of cement, the Al Burh produced 553,000 t and the Bajil plant produced 300,000 t. In 2010, AYCC operated the Hadramaout cement plant in Al-Oyoun, which has a production capacity of 1.5-Mt/yr of cement. Fossil Fuels
According to 2010 reports, Yemen had estimated gas reserves of nearly 490 billion m 3. In 2010, the country exported nearly 6.9 billion m 3 of LNG, compared to 535,000 million m 3 in 2009. The construction of the first 3.35-Mt/yr train of a two-train 6.7-Mt/yr-capacity natural gas liquefaction plant at the Balhaf terminal was completed in October 2009 and the second 3.35-Mt/yr train was completed in April 2010. The project was executed in an attempt to carry the dry gas produced from Block 18 fields in the Marib-Jawf region. Investment
Yemen has large deposits of oil and gold. The foreign investment in the country’s mineral industry was severely affected by the security challenges for investors owing to the global economic downturn and increased risk of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The Hadramout region of the country has huge deposits of gold.