Oman’s Raysut Cement, a leading cement producer, is currently upgrading its gas supply station at its plant in Salalah, to enable the facility to receive an additional 40,000 cu m of gas per day as fuel, said a report.

Upon completion of the upgrade, production capacity of cement will rise to about 130,000 to 140,000 metric tonnes per annum, Ahmed bin Yousuf bin Alawi al Ibrahim, chairman of the board of directors, was quoted as saying in the Oman Daily Observer report.

The upgrade is one of several expansions and improvements underway across the group’s domestic and international assets.

It includes the ongoing implementation of the parent company’s joint venture project with Barwaaqo Cement Company in Somaliland, it said.  

At Duqm Port, construction has been completed on the company’s cement handling terminal, which is expected to formally begin commercial operations in the third quarter of this year, added the report.