Mining & Minerals

Al Tamman Trading Establishment

Al Tamman Trading engages in the exploration and mining of mineral resources in Oman. The company is primed to be the facilitating vehicle for strategic investment and sustainable development in the sector, thereby directly or indirectly stimulating further growth in Oman's mineral sector. The company's objective is to fulfill its founders' goals by making perceptive investments in the financial and technical resources needed to vitalize the growing industry, improve consolidation and increase utilization in order to make Oman a forceful and a competitive player globally.

The company specializes primarily in the extracting and sales of minerals such as chromite, manganese, Gypsum, and marbles. It also plans to engage in the exploration of copper and gold blocks.

By investing and enabling various projects across a range of mineral commodities and value chain, the Company was formed to capitalize on the increasingly attractive investment opportunities in Oman's mining sector and to provide a thrust for the government's aim to expand and grow the sector.

It was established in 2007 with a vision to develop a chromate mining exploration activity. The company has also entered into a joint venture to build a ferrochrome smelter at Sohar’s free Zone located north of Oman with an Indian based Company called Indsil. Indsil operates three smelter units in India for specialty alloys with a total capacity of 45,000 mtpa and two captive power plants. The company is a supplier to leading domestic and international steel manufacturers including Tata Steel, Jindal, Essar, Posco, US Minerals etc. The JV Company Al Tamman Indsil Ferrochrome LLC (ATIFC) is the Sultanate of Oman’s first Ferrochrome Smelter. The production facilities are located at Free Zone Sohar in proximity to Sohar port.

Al Tamman Trading Establishment LLC operates as a subsidiary of AL Tamman Holding Company.

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