MUSCAT : A nickel-laterite mine, whose confession was awarded earlier this year to UK-based strategic minerals miner Knights Bay, could rank one of the largest in the world. This could potentially place Oman as a world-scale producer of nickel.
In March this year, UK-based strategic minerals miner Knights Bay was awarded a mining concession for Block 21 in the Wilayat of Ibra in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate. Covering an area of 1,444 sq. Km, the nickel laterite mine is also believed to hold rich deposits of strategic minerals including cobalt, chrome and iron ore, besides nickel.
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