Sustainability & impact
Global standards, measured on impact
Water in a region that has little to spare, safety that sends everyone home, and the national capability we build into every contract — impact the Middle East can measure, not just read.
Our commitment
We run mines to a standard; we do not own the orebody. In one of the world's driest mining regions, that standard has to begin with water, safety and the national capability we leave behind.
Corica Middle East is being established to bring two decades of Group mining discipline to the Arabian Peninsula — backed by the global Corica Group, established in Dubai with Riyadh opening. What we bring is discipline from day one: safety, recycle-first water design in a region where every litre counts, local value that outlasts the contract, and reporting our clients and their authorities can check. Global standards, delivered in-country — held to account, not just advertised.
Material issues
Where a contract miner has to get it right
Safety
Everyone goes home. Structured risk reviews, safety stand-downs and no-blame reporting — a mine that is not safe for its people is not sustainable for anyone.
Water in the desert
In an arid region, water is the constraint. We recycle process water first, run dry where the orebody allows, and never put an operation in competition with community or agricultural supply.
Local Value
Saudization, Omanization and local supply-chain development, backed by real training budgets. The national capability we build is the legacy of the contract, not a compliance line item.
Energy & emissions
A sun-rich region deserves a plan for its diesel. Idle reduction, payload discipline and electrification-ready fleet planning cut emissions per tonne and cost per tonne together.
Land & desert ecosystems
A minimal footprint, dust and habitat controls tuned for fragile arid ground, and progressive rehabilitation — because desert land recovers slowly and deserves care.
Governance & transparency
Honest reporting on safety, water, emissions and cost — tailored to each contract and jurisdiction — and operation to each jurisdiction's mining code and its In-Country Value requirements. Discipline you can audit.
Our commitments
What we commit to
Material issue #1 · Water
In the desert, every litre is accounted for
The Arabian Peninsula is among the most water-stressed mining regions on earth. We treat water as the operation's tightest constraint: process water is recycled first, dry methods are used wherever the orebody allows, and no Corica operation is designed to draw against the water a community or a farm depends on.
- Recycle-first process water design
- Dry processing wherever the orebody allows
- No competition with community or agricultural water
- Continuous monitoring, reported to client and regulator
How we work
Responsibility across the contract
Bring Group operating discipline and baseline water, land, safety and local value from day one.
Safety, recycle-first water, dust and emissions controls, and safety and cost reported to the client in the form the contract requires.
Saudization, Omanization and local supply-chain development backed by real training budgets — not paperwork.
Progressive rehabilitation as we mine and a closure plan owned throughout the contract.
Reporting
Measured, not marketed
We will not claim certifications we have not earned or numbers we cannot show. What we commit to now is method: honest reporting on safety, water, emissions, cost and local value — tailored to each contract and shared with our clients and their authorities. As our operations grow, the figures on this page will be the audited ones, and we will publish them either way.
Mine to a standard that protects water and builds national capability
Talk to our Middle East team about the water, safety and local-value floor every contract is built on.