Oman Mining Co LLC - Sohar

Oman Mining Company (OMCO) is the wholly government owned mining operator in the Sultanate of Oman. OMCO was established by Royal Decree in the early 80s with the instruction to exploit copper reserves in the vicinity of Sohar by modern mining techniques. OMCO produced during its years of mining approximately 19.2 million metric tonnes of ore and approximately 143 000 t of copper cathode. Fully operational, own mines were operated in many blocks not only for copper but in producing also gold, silver, chromite, limestone and silica until 1994 by mining and until beginning 2016 by operating OMCO’s copper smelting and refinery complex near Sohar.