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The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) has underscored the pivotal role of Duqm SEZ in crystallising Oman’s ambitions to develop a green-hydrogen based economic...

Salalah Mills Company, which owns and operates Oman’s biggest flour milling complex in Dhofar Governorate, has disclosed to shareholders that it has signed a financing agreement with Alizz Islamic...

Oman Food Bank, the private-led initiative to help channel surplus food to economically weaker segments of the local community, has begun attracting commitments from prominent hotels that have begun...

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, in cooperation with the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Muscat, hosted the Oman-British Investment Forum on Monday, October 17, 2022, at...

The Pearl Real Estate Investment Fund (The Pearl REIF), the biggest Shariah-complaint fund of the Sultanate of Oman, has announced the opening of its initial Public Offering (IPO). Subscription opened...

MUSCAT, OCT 16Newly released figures from the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) show that the contribution of the Omani industrial sector during the first nine months of 2021...

MUSCAT: Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, and his accompanying delegation visited Qurun Shrimp Aquaculture Farm - Jaalan Bani Bu Hassan South Al Sharqiyah Governorate, as part of his...

Bilateral trade between the Sultanate of Oman and China surged, in value terms, to RO 32 billion in 2021, representing an increase of 71.5 per cent over the previous year. Chinese imports from Oman...

The digital economy of the Sultanate of Oman accounted for 2 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, according to Dr Ali bin Amer al Shidhani, Under-Secretary of the Ministry...

MUSCAT, OCT 9Buoyant international oil and gas prices will help the Sultanate of Oman deliver a budget surplus of 6.3 per cent of GDP, according to a new report by Emirates NBD Research.Revenues for...

MUSCAT, OCT 8Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah) has commenced construction work on a new engineered landfill in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate. It will...

MUSCAT, OCT 8The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with the Gulf College on joint cooperation to qualify persons with...

Oman Investment Authority (OIA) has announced that it has successfully invested in Group14, a leading US company manufacturing trailblazing battery materials.This investment is part of OIA’s...

Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) has announced the start of construction work on a new seafood canning and processing plant at Duqm Special Economic Zone in Al Wusta Governorate.The facility,...

Supported by investment-friendly mining regulation, Oman’s mining and mineral processing sector continues to growth from strength to strength.New data released by authorities show an uptick in...

SALALAH, OCT 2Having attracted large numbers of holidaymakers during the just-concluded khareef season, the tourism and hospitality industry in Salalah has now set its sights on ramping up tourist...

Oman Fisheries Company (OFC) has tapped an Ecuador-based company for the provision of a commercial fishing vessel that will support the Omani firm’s yellowfin tuna fishing operations.In a disclosure...

Diversified market base: First shipment of Australian grain to arrive in November: Oman Flour Mills CEOMUSCAT, SEPT 25Oman Flour Mills (OFM) – part of Oman Food Investment Holding Company (Nitaj)...

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion launched on Wednesday, September 2022, a new guidebook that offers local and international investors high levels of ease and convenience...

Within the framework of activities marking ‘Muscat: The Arab Capital 2022’, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, represented by the Directorate General for...