SAR transfers 751,000 tons of Phosphate & Bauxite in August

<p>It was a record performance for Dammam-Saudi Railway Company&rsquo;s (SAR) mine trains for three consecutive months as their phosphate and Bauxite transfer quantities exceeded 751,000 tons in August.<br /><br />Rail freight is affiliated with SAR and it has carried about 16 million tons of phosphate and bauxite ores from the day of its commission until August. Notably, SAR is owned by Public Investment Fund, an investment wing of Saudi Ministry of Finance that invested around $5.6 billion (SR 21 billion) in the firm.<br /><br />SAR&rsquo;s mine railroad represents the major railway line in Saudi Arabia. It&rsquo;s&nbsp; mine trains run 1,395 km from phosphate mines in Hazem al-Jalamid north KSA and bauxite mines central KSA to Ras al-Khair that is known as the Minerals Industrial City. They supply phosphate and bauxite ores to aluminium smelter plants there.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/SAR-Phosphate-Train.jpg" alt="News" width="448" height="239" /><br /><br />Operations Manager at SAR Eng. Khaled al-Harbi said that total 67 trips on the mine railway line these transfers were made through 67 trips.<br /><br />Eng. Al-Harbi confirmed that the total transfer of phosphate and bauxite in the operational year 2016 has exceeded 4,500,000 tons up till August. Out of that bauxite trains have transferred 341,000 tons in 32 trips. August numbers are considered the highest in the operational history of the company.<br /><br />He said: &ldquo;This continuous development in the freights came with SAR&rsquo;s commitment to provide the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) with all what it needs from metal ores to supply its plants in the Minerals Industrial City, Ras al-Khair.&rdquo;<br /><br />The Operations Manager also acknowledged their obligation towards its strategic client Maaden and said that SAR has worked towards boosting the operational performance of rail freight line to support their client.</p>