MUSCAT, NOV 12 - Concluding this year’s three-day Arab International Aluminium Conference & Exhibition (ARABAL), 200 delegates toured Sohar Aluminium’s facilities to get a first-hand look at the company’s ever growing production capacity, cutting-edge technology, environmental stewardship, and rigorous safety standards. Sohar Aluminium is Oman’s first Greenfield smelter and the fourth largest primary aluminium manufacturer in the Middle East and North Africa .
Sohar Aluminium has reinforced its position as the leader of Oman’s metals and expanding industrial sector, attracting international investment to the Sultanate and successfully trading across the globe. Delegates praised the high level of transparency demonstrated by a team of experts from Sohar Aluminium who explained each stage of the aluminium reduction, anode manufacturing, extrusion processes, as well as the casting and power generation procedures applied at the facilities in addition to the company’s advanced occupational and environmental, health and stringent safety measures.
The plant operates under the world-leading ‘AP39’ technology capable of producing 375,000 metric tonnes of primary aluminium per annum. Sixty per cent of its production is earmarked for consumption by local downstream industries while 40 per cent is exported globally. In addition, Sohar Aluminium has its own dedicated power plant with a total design capacity of 1,000 MW and also operates a dedicated port facility at the Port of Sohar supporting vessels with a capacity of up to 75,000 metric tonnes for receiving raw materials and for exporting primary aluminium. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified for its casthouse and power plant. Sohar Aluminium is also ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified for its EHS Management Systems.
“We are committed to demonstrating excellence and efficiency in our operations and remain resolutely accountable to our entire stakeholder community,” said Said al Masoudi, CEO of Sohar Aluminium. “Since inception, we have celebrated a number of resounding milestones and record-breaking achievements. We have been able to cement our position as the leader of Oman’s expanding metal and industrial sector. Our achievements are derived from the extraordinary efforts of our team, as well as our unwavering commitment to the six pillars on which we were founded on which include environment, health & safety, people, productivity, financial strength, corporate citizenship, and customers.”
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