VOL. XLVII

No 10

08-March-2004

OMAN

Sohar Aluminum Project To Proceed

The state owned-Oman Oil Company (OOC) is to proceed with long-delayed plans for an aluminum smelter project in Sohar, according to OOC CEO David C Douglas, in an interview with the Oman Observer published on 25 February. We are now trying to secure local suppliers as well as offtakers, he said. We are also in negotiation with technology suppliers. Detailed discussions of the venture, which will have capacity to produce 326,000...