Oman Rail and the Public Authority for Mining held discussions on building a railway line for transporting minerals to Duqm Port for onward export to overseas markets.
“We are right now discussing (on building) a section of railway line from Al Shuwaymiya and Manji to the Duqm area,” Hilal Al Busaidi, chief executive officer of the Public Authority for Mining said.
“We have a well-established infrastructure in terms of ports and roads, but some of the minerals are located in areas where there is a need for logistics support. Rail is one way of transporting these minerals to the ports from where these can be exported,” the PAM CEO added.
The Sultanate’s national diversification initiative, Tanfeedh, recently brought up a 337-kilometre-long freight railway line between Duqm and Shuwaymiyah region.
The National Railway project, which was proposed a few years ago, took a back seat in recent years.
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