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MUSCAT: Group14 Technology, a US-based start-up pioneering the development of innovative battery materials, says its proprietary silicon battery material can be a game-changer in serving as a clean,...

The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), with its concentration of green energy related investments, is poised to make the largest contribution to Oman’s energy sustainability goals, according to...

Shareholders of Port Services Corporation SAOC (under liquidation) will meet later this month to review a report on the liquidation of the roughly 35-year-old company, established in the mid-1970s to...

Visiting yachts and leisure boats can berth for free at Port of Khasab in Musandam Governorate as part of a campaign by local maritime authorities, as well as the Omani government, to position Khasab...

MUSCAT: An Omani startup has ambitions to commercialise the production of power-banks based on breakthrough solid-state graphene battery technology, in what promises to be a technological first for...

MUSCAT: Omani independent renewables-based power company Solar Wadi has announced that it has secured a license to set up a commercial-scale solar PV power project catering to the green energy...

MUSCAT: An interim board constituted by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) to stabilise the functioning of Raysut Cement, amid the discovery of financial anomalies in its accounts, has begun its deep...

MUSCAT: Energy major Shell’s recent acquisition of a 35 per cent stake in the Green Energy Oman (GEO) project – a world-scale green hydrogen scheme planned for implementation in the Sultanate of...

Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has announced the launch of a competitive tender for the award of a contract for the construction and operation of a...

Oman Tower Company (Oman Towers), a leading telecom wireless passive infrastructure provider in the Sultanate of Oman, has announced the signing of a financing agreement with Bank Dhofar for a sum of...

Having snagged a flurry of important LNG supply contracts in recent weeks, Oman LNG says it is discussing an extension of the life of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex at Qalhat for another 10...

Raysut Cement, the biggest cement manufacturer in the Sultanate of Oman, has posted a post-tax loss of RO 93.686 million for the financial year ended December 31, 2022 – in the first such filing by...

Plans by the Omani government to rope in the private sector in the development and operation of a drug rehabilitation centre in Suhar on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis continue to make...

MUSCAT, JAN 14Oman Rail, the national railway company of the Sultanate of Oman, has secured membership of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the world’s premier rail industry body set up...

MUSCAT: An exclusive Polymer Park being established by wholly Omani government-owned OQ Group in the vicinity of its mega billion-dollar Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) in Suhar, seeks to...

Buoyed by the strong post-pandemic recovery of the civil aviation industry, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the Sultanate of Oman has embarked on the formulation of a blueprint to underpin the...

Salalah Mills Co, a publicly traded Omani company listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX), has announced plans to venture into grain trading – a move that marks the Sultanate of Oman’s maiden...

Decarbonisation agenda: National alliance commits to nurturing development of hydrogen-centric ecosystemMUSCAT, JAN 8Oman’s National Hydrogen Alliance (Hy-Fly), a grouping of leading energy industry...

A roughly weeklong window of opportunities opens up at Britain’s Cornwall spaceport tomorrow, January 9, 2023 for the launch of Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket carrying a payload of satellites...

MUSCAT: Oman’s gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices is projected to hit a high of RO 44.9 billion at the end of 2022, representing a hefty 32.4 per cent leap over the corresponding figure...