Ma’aden is the largest mining company in the Middle East, and it has three strategic business units for managing phosphate, aluminum, and gold mining operations. Ma’aden’s center of excellence focuses on exploration, project development and engineering, sustainability and innovation. Furthermore, the company uses decarbonization technologies, advanced exploration intelligence technologies, and circularity solutions. Its smart wearable technology includes helmets for heat stress prevention, which use IoT sensors for the real-time monitoring of officers and construction supervisors. In 2021, Ma’aden invested significant resources into acquiring new technology licenses for its greenfield projects. Its phosphate operations at Ras Al Khair Industrial City use a naturally-engineered wastewater treatment system to treat all the processed water from one of the world’s largest desalination plants. Besides its past achievements, the company plans for its mines to use 100% treated sewage water, produce zero groundwater, and be 20% powered by renewable solar energy by 2025.