What it does have is lots of fossil fuels that it uses to power the very-energy-intensive aluminum smelting plants that produce aluminum metal from imported aluminum oxide. (Or they might import bauxite/aluminum ore, which is converted into aluminum oxide).
Where's the figure for gold for UAE coming up? Doesn't even show the UAE as a top producer from a map 10 years old and it doesn't appear in the top 20 in the article
What it does have is lots of fossil fuels that it uses to power the very-energy-intensive aluminum smelting plants that produce aluminum metal from imported aluminum oxide. (Or they might import bauxite/aluminum ore, which is converted into aluminum oxide).