FFO backs Muscat's first women's health hospital
MUSCAT: Future Fund Oman (FFO) is backing the development of Muscat's first hospital dedicated to women's health, in what Oman Investment Authority (OIA) has described as a significant...
Jazeera Steel establishes US holding, operating arm
MUSCAT, AUGUST 31 Al Jazeera Steel Products Co SAOG has completed the incorporation of two wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United States, giving the Suhar-based manufacturer a direct corporate...
Non-oil growth trails petroleum as GDP rises 2.6% in Q1
MUSCAT: Oman's economy expanded by 2.6 per cent in real terms in the first quarter of 2026, with petroleum activities growing at nearly twice the pace of the non-oil sector, according to the...
Oman Real Estate Association launches online platform at AI forum
AUGUST 26 MUSCAT: The Oman Real Estate Association launched its online platform and signed a series of cooperation agreements on Tuesday at a forum in Muscat dedicated to the role of innovation and...
MCA Oman gathers business leaders on e-invoicing
MUSCAT, AUGUST 25 BALARAB AL TAMIMI Around 50,000 companies in Oman are expected to come under the country's national electronic invoicing system, Fawtara, as the Oman Tax Authority (OTA) works...
Bitumen traders meet amid RO 1.2bn road drive
MUSCAT, August 23 BALARAB AL TAMIMI The 20th edition of the Rex Fuels Global Expo and Conference will be held in Muscat on August 31, bringing bitumen producers, traders, refiners, logistics operators...
Fuel subsidy spending hits 4.6x full-year budget
MUSCAT, AUGUST 24 The Omani government spent RO 162 million on petroleum product subsidies in the first half of 2026 — 4.6 times the RO 35 million allocated for the entire year — as it absorbed...
Cyfr Capital completes five seed deals with FFO
MUSCAT: Muscat-based venture capital firm Cyfr Capital has completed five new investments through its Seed Fund in collaboration with Future Fund Oman (FFO), extending early-stage backing to companies...
Asyad Shipping takes delivery of two dry bulk carriers
MUSCAT, AUGUST 18 Asyad Shipping Company SAOG has taken delivery of the first of two second-hand baby-Capesize dry bulk carriers, with both ships due to enter three-year time charters with an...
Feed costs weigh on A’Saffa foods H1 profit
MUSCAT, AUGUST 17 A’Saffa Foods SAOG has completed and commissioned its broiler expansion project, lifting annual production capacity to 60 million birds, even as first-half profit fell on higher...
Raysut Cement posts profit as revenue rises
MUSCAT, AUGUST 16 Raysut Cement Company SAOG returned to profit in the first half of 2026, posting a group net profit after tax of RO 2.7 million against a loss of RO 2.8 million a year earlier, as...
be’ah strengthens SME role with RO 4m in contracts
MUSCATOman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah) directed 23.4 per cent of its total budget to small and medium enterprises in 2025, awarding 35 purchases and contracts worth RO 4 million...
be’ah adopts ESG policy to anchor sustainable governance
MUSCAT: Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah) — the national agency overseeing the Sultanate of Oman’s solid waste sector — has formally adopted an Environmental, Social and...
be’ah expands landfill capacity by 2.2m tonnes
Muscat: Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah) commissioned some 2.2 million tonnes of new engineered landfill capacity during 2025 and is developing a further 3.4 million tonnes at...
Oman’s first Rixos resort to open in Salalah in early 2027
Salalah is set to welcome Oman’s first Rixos-branded resort in early 2027, bringing the chain’s luxury all-inclusive model to Dhofar’s coastline and adding a new international flag to the...
DIDIC posts RO 17.4m half-year profit in first results since OIFC merger
MUSCAT: Dhofar International Development and Investment Company SAOG (DIDIC) reported a net profit after tax of RO 17.404 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, in its first full half-year...
GCC probe confirms calcium chloride dumping: Oman Chlorine
MUSCAT: A Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) trade body has concluded that imported calcium chloride was dumped into the GCC market and caused material injury to Gulf producers, but has decided against...
‘Live The Vibe’ summer campaign goes national
This year’s edition of the “Live The Vibe” summer campaign has expanded beyond tourism promotion into an integrated shopping, entertainment and leisure drive, with the Ministry of Commerce,...
Sohar International completes RO 149.3m rights issue
Sohar International Bank has completed a rights issue that raised gross proceeds of RO 149.3 million, with the offering fully subscribed, the bank said in a disclosure issued on Monday. The bank...
State companies post first-ever profits under OIA revamp
Oman Investment Authority's (OIA) restructuring programme has significantly improved the financial performance of a string of state-owned companies, with OQ Group cutting its total debt by 48 per...