The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has closed 70 sites that violate the necessary controls and conditions for the production of ready-mix concrete and building materials in Al-Nazim neighborhood, east of Riyadh.

This came during the implementation of an inspection campaign targeting the construction and building sector.

This came during the implementation of an inspection campaign carried out by the Ministry targeting the construction sector and buildings to detect concrete materials and verify the safety of their supply to ensure that there is no fraud or fraud on buyers, and the Ministry's Industrial Violations Review Committee issued decisions to close the violating sites and summon those responsible for them for investigation and accountability.

The Ministry's Industrial Violations Review Committee issued decisions to close the violating sites and summon those responsible for them for investigation and accountability.

The violations detected by the Ministry during inspection tours included production without obtaining final industrial licenses, as well as the lack of conformity of some materials used in production lines with the approved standard specifications, which poses a risk to the safety and quality of the infrastructure.

The Ministry's Industrial Violations Review Committee issued decisions to close the violating sites and summon those responsible for investigation and accountability.

It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had previously announced that a company producing concrete and cement products in Riyadh was fined half a million riyals in addition to being defamed in local newspapers after it supplied concrete that did not conform to the approved standard specifications, which caused the collapse of a building belonging to a citizen, and the Ministry obliged it to compensate him for the damage caused to him.

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