Al Rawahi International, a leading Omani contractor, has been awarded the structural and architectural and external civil and infrastructural works for an upcoming flour mill in Sohar Port, said a report.

The civil construction contract was awarded by Sohar Flour Mills, a partnership between Atyab Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oman Flour Mills and Essa Al Ghurair Investments of the UAE. The work is expected to be completed by the end of this year, reported Oman Tribune.

The facility will have an initial wheat milling capacity of 560 tonnes per day which can be extended up to 2,000 tonnes, stated the report, citing a senior official.

"The flour mill in Sohar is one of our prestigious projects in the sultanate and currently the soil improvement works are in progress which will be completed next month," remarked Atyab Investments chairman Sheikh Salah Hilal Al Mawali.

Sohar Flour Mills is being set up using state-of-the-technology with a strategic vision to expand the production coverage of different types of flour across various regions of the sultanate, he added.

It will be capable of producing all types of specialty flours to cater to the domestic market and also those across the GCC and international ones, he added.