1 the mineral industry of saudi arabia by bernadette michalski kingdom world s largest producer protection such as emission controls and monitoring crude oil achieved a significant diversity in its air water pollution committee drew membership recent years through development copper from 12 ministries each ministry carried out own gold mining operations cement fertilizer environmental audit under guidance central steel manufacturing facilities newly developing bauxite iron department on environment ore polymetallic base metal were meteorological observation expected to further add this bulk revenues export earnings continued be generated hydrocarbon industries including downstream refining petrochemicals estimated for 1995 are 29 000 average production million sector accounted 37 gross principal commodity was 8 23 barrels per1 domestic product 75 government 90 day mbbl d 213 bbl total exports which valued excess