- CEO Robert Wilt stressed importance of securing materials necessary for transformative progress in energy and industry
- He said private sector is crucial in helping Kingdom meet its sustainability targets
RIYADH: Metals and minerals are critical to the global energy transition, industrialization, modernization, and the broader push for sustainability, according to Ma’aden CEO Robert Wilt.
Wilt made the statement during a panel discussion on “Enhancing climate resilience through land restoration” at the 4th Saudi Green Initiative Forum in Riyadh.
He emphasized the essential role that these resources play in driving global sustainability and innovation, stressing the importance of securing the materials necessary for transformative progress in energy and industry.
“The world cannot make the energy transition. It cannot industrialize, it cannot energize, it cannot modernize without metals and minerals,” Wilt said.