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QPMC CEO Eisa Al Hammadi: "QPMC's prime objective is to manage the dynamic requirements of Qatar and ensure supplies of building materials in support of the solid and sustainable construction industry in Qatar
Mesaieed - QPMC received yesterday a business delegation from Oman, led by the Oman Chamber of Commerce & In-dustry - Mining and Quarries Committee, to assess the country's ability to expand imports of gabbro for construction ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and discuss with QPMC the capacity of Qatar's vo-lume of raw materials such as gabbro, it can stock.
While Oman has already been a steady supplier of minerals and raw materials for Qatar's construction needs, the meeting was organized in conjunction with Qatar Chamber to discuss the required amount of raw materials for Qatar's massive infrastructure projects leading to the 2022 games and Qatar National Vision 2030.
The Qatar Primary Materials Company delegation host included: Captain Omar El-Khayat, Port Opera-tions Manager Mesaieed Industrial Area, Mr. Rachid Abouzahr, Stockpile Logistic Manager and Jassim Al Qasimi, General Services Manager.
The Omani delegation was led the Oman Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Mining and Quarries Committee who on their behalf handed over a token of recognition and cooperation to Captain Omar El-Khayat of QPMC.
Oman's gabbro resources are adequate enough to supply Qatar with 10mn tons of raw materials per year for its construction needs, particularly infrastructure preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Omani businessmen delegation said.Oman's gabbro resources are adequate enough to supply Qatar with 10mn tons of raw materials per year for its construction needs, particularly infrastructure preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Omani businessmen delegation said.
On this occasion, QPMC CEO Eisa Al Hammadi said : "QPMC's prime objective is to manage the dynamic requirements of Qatar and ensure supplies of building materials in support of the solid and sustainable construction industry in Qatar. QPMC is bound to constantly explore new mines in search of primary materials, in all our efforts we seek to only maximize the most efficient operations at controlled costs, but also to achieve a solid leap in the bilateral relations between Qatar and Oman as two friendly coun-tries."
In line with QPMC's diligent commitment and as part of efforts to meeting the growing demands of construction raw materials in the country, QPMC had recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Belgian engineering consultant, 'Rent-A-Port', to initiate works on limestone and gabbro quarries in Oman.
The initiative is in the light of the two licenses QPMC recently acquired to set up mining operations in the Khatmat Malaha area in the Sultanate.
Once the project is fully completed, the facility will have a 1km long jetty to quarry and transport over three million tons of gabbro and marketable primary materials every year by barges to Qatar. By way of background, the agreement entails submitting a technical, financial and operational feasibility study in addition to an integrated mining operational plan. Phase II and III encompass the design and tendering for design and build contracts and the supervision during the execution of these contracts and commissioning of the facilities.
Works on the project will begin within a month, and the whole project is expected to take about 20 months. If everything goes according to the plan, the project will commence operation by 2017. The aim of the project is to enhancing the supplies of gabbro and limestone, which will be increased by three million tons annually.
Al Hammadi concluded, "QPMC aims at ensuring that there is enough strategic stockpile of the primary construction material to deal with emergency situations. We have already achieved the target of 10 million tons this year."
Oman is rich in gabbro, a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to basalt, and is highly-sought after in the construction industry for its hardness, strength, and density.
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Press Release 2015
