23 May 2013
Muscat: Oman Cement Company (OCC) yesterday said that the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) has initiated an investigation on the quality of cement imported by the company. A team from PACP visited the company to inspect the cement imported and locally purchased for blending with its own cement, which the team considered as a violation.
However, the company assured the team that the cement purchased after tender process is manufactured by reputed local and foreign cement companies according to the specifications better than the British-European and Omani standards and conform to high quality standard followed by OCC, said a statement posted on MSM website.
The clarification was in response to a newspaper report on deceptive commercial practices carried out by a company in importing 30,000 tonnes of inferior quality cement, which was re-packed and sold as high quality product at a high price.
OCC also assured the authority that the cement purchased has been subjected to laboratory test and harmonising it with OCC manufactured cement is undertaken with adherence to high quality standards.
Further, on a subsequent visit by a team from the authority, an inspection has been carried out by them for the process of manufacture of cement by the company as well as harmonisation of procured cement with company's manufactured cement.
"The purchase of cement, which amounts to about 30,000 tonnes and is hardly one per cent of the annual capacity of the firm had been necessitated due to breakdown of one of the cement mills of the company in April 2013," added the statement.
Raysut Cement in a separate statement said it does not have any relation with the company carrying out unfair business practices. The company is always committed to check the product quality in well-established laboratories and ensures conformity with the local and international standards through the production processes, before distribution to the markets.
Muscat: Oman Cement Company (OCC) yesterday said that the Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) has initiated an investigation on the quality of cement imported by the company. A team from PACP visited the company to inspect the cement imported and locally purchased for blending with its own cement, which the team considered as a violation.
However, the company assured the team that the cement purchased after tender process is manufactured by reputed local and foreign cement companies according to the specifications better than the British-European and Omani standards and conform to high quality standard followed by OCC, said a statement posted on MSM website.
The clarification was in response to a newspaper report on deceptive commercial practices carried out by a company in importing 30,000 tonnes of inferior quality cement, which was re-packed and sold as high quality product at a high price.
OCC also assured the authority that the cement purchased has been subjected to laboratory test and harmonising it with OCC manufactured cement is undertaken with adherence to high quality standards.
Further, on a subsequent visit by a team from the authority, an inspection has been carried out by them for the process of manufacture of cement by the company as well as harmonisation of procured cement with company's manufactured cement.
"The purchase of cement, which amounts to about 30,000 tonnes and is hardly one per cent of the annual capacity of the firm had been necessitated due to breakdown of one of the cement mills of the company in April 2013," added the statement.
Raysut Cement in a separate statement said it does not have any relation with the company carrying out unfair business practices. The company is always committed to check the product quality in well-established laboratories and ensures conformity with the local and international standards through the production processes, before distribution to the markets.
© Times of Oman 2013
