The government has recently moved to create a sustainable growth path for the industry, introducing new legislation aimed at increasing value addition and reducing raw exports. While these measures may create short-term growing pains for the industry, the long-term results of efforts to build Oman’s domestic minerals value chain will have a positive impact on GDP growth and non-oil diversification, while a grace period in new legislation should protect operators from serious short term shocks.
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