Paper recycling project worth $40mn to be built in Sohar

Suhar Industrial City, which falls under the umbrella of the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), has signed an investment agreement with Keryas Paper Industry to establish a paper recycling project in Sohar.

Keryas Paper Industry will be provided with a land in phase 7 of Suhar Industrial City to establish the paper recycling project. The agreement was signed by Eng Abdullah bin Salim al Kaabi, director general of Suhar Industrial City, and Abdullah bin Omar al Hosni, CEO of Keryas Paper Industry, according to a press statement issued by Madayn.

The project is the largest of its kind in Oman and will be built on an area of 58,000sq m at a total cost of up to US$40mn. With a production capacity of up to 600 tonnes per day, the project will use latest technologies that mitigate the environmental impacts.

The new project’s construction work will commence in December and the pilot production is expected to begin in the last quarter of 2020 through one of the most advanced paper production lines in the region. The paper recycling project aims to add value to the national economy through providing more than 200 direct job opportunities, in addition to indirect opportunities and training opportunities.

The project will be the first kraft paper factory in Oman to enhance waste reduction strategy and support projects that contribute to reduction of environmental damage through recycling process.

The paper recycling project in Sohar is expected to achieve economic and environmental benefits by utilising waste through recycling. Besides, the project shall contribute to reducing the environmental damage, as the energy and water used in the recycling process is 70 per cent less than producing paper from trees.