32% of the total exports of Jordanian exports in 2018

Media In / Amman 26 November 2018
Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Engineer Hala Zwati, said that the contribution of the mining sector in the Kingdom’s GDP reached about 8% last year.
She stressed that the sector’s exports amounted to about 32 percent of the total exports in the same year, pointing to the importance of the sector in providing thousands of jobs for Jordanians.
Referred to the efforts exerted to increase the contribution of the mining sector to GDP through the expansion of mining of some raw materials that have not yet been exploited, especially in the presence of positive indicators about the existence of some raw materials that can be developed and invested.
It is noteworthy that the mining sector in Jordan includes non-metallic minerals (industrial rocks) such as phosphates, potash, cement, building materials, calcium carbonate. The sector also includes metal minerals such as copper, manganese and gold.
The sector consists of extractive mining industries, including phosphate, potash, bromine, magnesia, salt, calcium carbonate, volcanic flux, zeolite, silica processor, travertine treatment, quarry products, mines and dead sea.
It also consists of the metallurgical industries, including chemical fertilizers, chemical acids, aluminum fluoride, living lime and slurry, limestone bricks, cement, white cement, rock wool, Chinese tiles, sanitary ware and cosmetics made from Dead Sea clay.