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@conradprabhu Bolstered by strong investments in new fisheries infrastructure and support programmes, fish production in the Sultanate soared a robust 38 per cent to nearly 800k metric tonnes last...

Growing network: Consultancy firms bid for contract to master-plan infrastructure facilities for 14m sq metre development @conradprabhu The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) has...

Energy conservation: Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR) selects partnership of Three Pillars Consulting and Canada-based Econoler to assist in formulation of national programme The...

Procurement model: Seaports at Liwa and Musannah, as well as dedicated Salalah – Thamrait toll road under finalisation New seaport developments, school buildings and dialysis centres are among...

The Sultanate’s leading producer of fresh mushrooms secured export markets for more than 80 per cent of its total output last year, adding locally grown mushrooms to a growing list of ‘Made in...

PANDEMIC CHALLENGES: Publicly traded mining company posts RO 634K net loss Partly state-owned Oman Chromite SAOG posted a net loss of RO 634K for fiscal 2020, as opposed to a net profit of RO 346K...

Sustainable fuel: The seven-month-long study will delve into the feasibility of pilot-scale ‘green hydrogen’ production centring on two possible locations: (1) PDO’s solar-panelled car park at...

Stress on sustainability: High-tech animal feed mill and composting plant among RO 92m investments to support circular economy around Sultanate’s flagship date palm project Investments in an...

One-of-a-kind project: ARA Petroleum’s venture has three key objectives: harnessing solar energy to generate electricity; producing ‘blue hydrogen’ from flare gas to power fuel cell electric...

Pilot venture: Oman Broadband is seeking a qualified partner to finance and build the FTTH network in certain defined areas within a specific delivery timeline @conradprabhu Wholly...

Recruitment of expatriates specialising in as many as 74 different trades, distributed across eight broad professional categories, will be subject to steep fees under revised tariffs for obtaining...

Morgan Stanley Research, an affiliate of US multinational investment bank and financial services giant Morgan Stanley, has characterised as ‘upbeat’ the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF)...

Oman’s economic outlook, constrained by its annual budget deficit as well as sizable public debt, has brightened a couple of notches on account of a number of factors, notably buoyant international...

Cost optimisation: A number of contractors are bidding for the company’s contract to design and install overhead fibre optic cables on electricity poles in designated areas of the...

Employment generation: The initiative mandates all businesses, organisations and institutions operating in the Sultanate, with at least 50 employees on their rolls, to appoint Omani HSE Advisors in...

A new breed of Omani agricultural entrepreneurs is testing the limits to which farmland, once left fallow for want of adequate supplies of irrigation water, can be put back into cultivation, albeit...

Positive outlook: Bagged cement volumes forecast at 1 million MT in 2021 as construction activities pick up @conradprabhu Port of Salalah is banking on the imminent launch of the mega Salalah LPG...

Turnaround anticipated: Reduced supplies of feed from Brazilian iron ore mines, compounded by pandemic impacts, to blame @conradprabhu Vale Oman Pelletizing Company, the Omani-Brazilian joint...

The Oman Society for Petroleum Services (OPAL), the umbrella organisation of energy sector entities in the Sultanate, is spearheading a pair of initiatives that will result in the creation of more...

The maiden export consignment of dates harvested from farms established by the Omani government as part of the Million Date Palm Plantations Project is ready to be shipped overseas. The destination...