The scope covers remaining works for two gabbro quarries and the construction of an export jetty at Khatmat Milaha in Oman
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Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) has issued a tender for additional works at its gabbro mining development in the Khatmat Milaha area of Oman, close to a border crossing with the UAE.
The broad scope of work involves the remaining works for two gabbro quarries and the construction of an export jetty at Khatmat Milaha, state-owned QPMC, also known as Al-Awalia, said in the tender notice.
Firms have until 11 November to submit bids for the tender, QPMC said.
QPMC owns a 3 million tonne‑a‑year (t/y) gabbro quarry at Khatmat Milaha in Oman, which is understood to have been commissioned in 2020. The quarry has an expandable capacity of 7 million t/y.
The Omani quarry project had been planned for a number of years. In 2015, QPMC signed an agreement with Belgian firm Rent-A-Port to start work on the Khatmat Milaha quarry project.
Rent-A-Port was the consultant for QPMC’s gabbro port in Qatar. A joint venture of Denmark’s FLSmidth and Sixco completed the estimated QR1.6bn ($430m) contract to build the aggregate berths in 2017.
