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Anti-tax avoidance: In all, 32 countries are participating along with Oman in the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes MUSCAT, SEPT 20 - The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has directed...

Emerging heavyweight: Five world-scale oxo-chemical units to be integral part of Duqm Petrochemicals Complex - MUSCAT, SEPT 19 - The Sultanate’s longstanding ambitions to add oxo chemicals —...

MUSCAT, SEPT 18 - Oman Environmental Services Holding Company SAOC (be’ah), the nodal government agency overseeing the management of solid waste services in the Sultanate, has roped in Omantel, the...

MUSCAT, SEPT 16 - An on-going exodus of expatriate professionals, long the mainstay of Muscat’s once-thriving residential rental market, is expected to see landlords doling out incentives to attract...

MUSCAT, SEPT 15 - Having snagged one of the world’s largest logistics players as an investor in its growing airfreight business, Oman Aviation Group (OAG) – the Sultanate’s aviation and...

MUSCAT, SEPT 14 - Oman Environmental Services Holding Company SAOC (be’ah), the sole agency overseeing the solid waste services sector in the Sultanate, says it is continuing to invest in the...

MUSCAT, SEPT 13 - Oman Post, the wholly government-owned postal and logistics services provider, has roped in a private Omani investor to construct post office complexes as part of mixed-use...

MUSCAT, SEPT 12 - The Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has joined hands with health insurance companies to support the introduction of a standard unified health insurance policy to cover...

Expanding infrastructure: A fourth modern healthcare waste treatment facility is under construction in Musandam Governorate  MUSCAT, SEPT 11 An estimated 4,300 tonnes of healthcare waste were...

MUSCAT, SEPT 9 Oman Environmental Services Holding Company SAOC (be’ah), the sole entity overseeing the management of solid waste in the Sultanate, says it working on a strategy to segregate the...

Growth potential: Airfreight heavyweight to operate 3-4 cargo flights per week from Muscat International Airport DHL, a global market leader in the logistics industry, says it plans to capitalise on...

MUSCAT: The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has unveiled a slew of policy measures — the second since March this year — designed to strengthen the ability of banks and Finance & Leasing Companies...

Strong appeal: CBO, commercial banks urged to help embattled contractors restructure debt - CONRAD PRABHU - MUSCAT, SEPT 6 - A protracted liquidity crisis coupled with a dwindling pipeline of...

Key finding: The Sultanate performs best in Human Capital & Research and its weakest performance is in Knowledge & Technology outputs. The Sultanate has been placed 84th among a total of 131...

Duqm Refinery, whose construction is advancing at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Duqm on Oman’s southeast coast, is slated for commissioning as early as late next year or early 2022, Argus...

Plans for the commercial exploitation of a potentially prodigious dolomite mine in Qurayat in Muscat Governorate are making headway with efforts focused on securing a mining license from the Ministry...

Oman foresees an estimated 320,000 domestic and farm workers being brought under the coverage of the Unified Health Insurance Policy (Dhamani) by the end of 2021. Domestic workers and farmhands are...

MUSCAT, SEPT 1 - The UK-registered mineral resource development firm Savannah Resources has announced the complete divestment of its stakes in two copper-rich blocks in the Sultanate in favour of...

MUSCAT, AUG 31 - Sohar Aluminium, the Sultanate’s biggest non-hydrocarbon based industrial investment when it was founded in 2004, achieved a record hot metal production of 390,516 tonnes in 2019,...

MUSCAT, AUG 30 - A group of researchers at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has begun preparing an interactive-digitalised platform to unveil the richness, colour, characteristics and diversity of Omani...