Oman: Raysut Cement Company is planning to build a cement-handling terminal at Duqm port with other investors. At an industry seminar reported upon by the Times of Oman, Mohammed Ahmed Al Dheeb, group chief executive officer of Raysut Cement, said the cement handling terminal will be completed within ten months of signing a lease agreement with the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm. Al Dheeb added that Raysut is also planning to develop mines in Duqm for limestone.
Raysut Cement has four cement handling terminals: in Muscat, Sohar, Mukalla, and Aden. It has four production lines in Salalah with a total cement production capacity of 3Mt/yr and a fully integrated production facility in Ras Al Khaima with a capacity of 1.5Mt/yr. Raysut also owns two ships for transporting cement to different parts of Oman and other countries.