Foundation stone for Mazoon Copper Project to be laid on Sunday

Muscat: Mazoon Mining Company, a subsidiary of Oman Minerals Development Company, will celebrate on Sunday laying the foundation stone for Mazoon Copper Project in Yanqul Wilayat, Al Dhahirah Governorate, on an area of ​​20 square kilometres, to produce copper concentrates.

 This project is an integrated project for the production of copper concentrates in the Sultanate of Oman, as it includes 5 mines and a factory for processing 2.5 million tonnes of copper ore annually, in addition to integrated administrative and residential facilities.

 The project represents a qualitative step for the mining sector and enhancing the position of the Oman on the map of copper concentrate producers in the world, and contributing to expanding the copper value chains and enhancing the social and economic development of Al Dhahirah Governorate in general and Yanqul Wilayat in particular.