The sultanate produces copper, chromite, gold, and silver. Oman39;s main copper reserves are in the Suhar area on the Al Batin coast. The processing of ore at the Suhar complex, operated by the government owned Oman Mining Company, began in 1983. The production of chromite by the Oman Mining Company also began in 1983 in the Suhar area.
Mining is one of the Omani governments focus sectors under its economic diversification program. Omans mining industry has attracted increasing interest from both foreign and local operators as Oman was the first GCC producer and exporter of ferrochrome. The government established the Public Authority for Mining in 2014 to regulate the sector, and two years later it established Minerals Development Oman as a new holding company to serve as the executive arm. In August 2020, a royal decree dissolved PAM and transferred its powers to the newly created Ministry of Energy and Minerals, which could increase transparency and competitiveness in Omans mining sector. The Law of Mineral Wealth of 2019 contains provisions relating to exploration and expropriation activities, as well as the types of permits and concession agreements available. The law also increased the minimum mining license period from one year to five years, introduced flexible royalties, and broadened the sco...
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PAM has announced plans to tender 15 to 20 pre approved mining blocks and promised to issue exploration licenses within 14 to 20 weeks of the successful bid. Local press reported future pre approved blocks for investment hold rich deposits of chromite, silica, gypsum, carbonate, attapulgite, clay, basalt, laterite, and feldspars. Progress on these opportunities has been slow as the restructuring of the sector is still underway. Although foreign firms can acquire mining permits, foreign investors still face considerable bureaucratic and environmental challenges and may only be able to enter the market as service contractors or joint venture partners with Omani firms. Oman has longstanding plans to develop an internal rail network for the transportation of minerals from the southern interior to the Port of Duqm for processing and refining.
Ministry of Energy and MineralsThis link will direct you to a non government website Direct Line Webinar on Omans Mining Industry and presentations: https://om embassy.gov/u s companies attend webinar on omans new mining regulations/ Oxford Business Mining ResearchThis link will direct you to a non government website
The Washihi Mazzaza license of Al Hadeetha project is estimated to contain maiden ore reserve of 9.7 million tonnes of ore, grading at 0.88% copper and 0.2g/t gold . Indicated and inferred mineral resources at the project are 12.4Mt and 3.7Mt, at a grade of 0.89% Cu and 0.79% Cu, respectively, according to the updated JORC compliant ...
Copper Smelting in Oman and the UAE. Copper smelting has been one of the interests of the Al Ain chapter for some time. This page provides links to some of the information available on our site, and on the internet, about copper smelting in antiquity.
Oman Mining Company is the wholly government owned mining operator in the Sultanate of Oman. OMCO was established by Royal Decree in the early 80s with the instruction to exploit copper reserves in the vicinity of Sohar by modern mining techniques. OMCO produced during its years of mining approximately 19.2 million metric tonnes of ore ...
Copper Concentrate Plant . The plant is located at Lasail in the Sultanate of Oman and has the capacity to treat 110 t.p.h. of ore. The plant milled more than 6 million tonnes of copper ore between 2007 and 2014 producing a concentrate after a floatation process with plant availability averaging around 92%.
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The sultanate produces copper, chromite, gold, and silver. Oman39;s main copper reserves are in the Suhar area on the Al Batin coast. The processing of ore at the Suhar complex, operated by the government owned Oman Mining Company, began in 1983. The production of chromite by the Oman Mining Company also began in 1983 in the Suhar area.