Discussion on Industrial Week preparations held

MUSCAT: The Organising Committee of the Omani Industry Week 2020 yesterday held its sixth meeting to discuss preparations for the Week. The meeting was chaired by Mohsen bin Khamis Al Balushi, Adviser at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The Omani Industry Week 2020, which will be held from 6 to 9 February 2020, aims to highlight what has been accomplished in the industrial sector and highlight joint cooperation between the government and private sectors to support and develop the Omani in

“According to the agreement signed with the Swiss Natural Museum, the meteorites that are collected will be subjected to chemical and physical analysis for their classification and knowledge of their age and then returned to Oman,” the undersecretary added.

More meteorites have been dis

dustry and its related sectors.

120 companies

The meeting discussed the preparations made by the Omani Industry Week Committee. The week will include a meeting between Dr. Ali bin Mas’oud Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry and the industrialists, the Omani Industrial Products Exhibition, targeting more than 120 Omani industrial companies from various industrial sectors, in addition to the Sultan Qaboos Award for Industrial Excellence. covered in deserts across the country. In 2018, 352 pieces of meteorites were found, weighing some 53 kg, according to the Public Authority for Mining (PAM).

The preservation of geological heritage, including meteorites, is an important aspect, given its scientific and economic importance.