A lease agreement has been signed to establish the Sohar Flour Mills project at Sohar Industrial Port at an approximate space of 26,000 sqm which is planned to start construction in Q1 of 2015 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

The agreement has been signed on behalf of Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC) by His Excellency Sultan Bin Salim Al Habsi, the Chairman of SIPC and on behalf of Atyab Investments by its Chairman, Mr Khamis Bin Abdullah Al Farsi.

Sohar Flour Mills is a partnership between Atyab Investments, wholly-owned by Oman Flour Mills, and Essa Al Ghurair Investments based in UAE. The flour mill will be established with a milling capacity of 500-550 tons per day to produce different types of flour for the local and export markets and it is expected to create more than 100 employment opportunities for Omani nationals.