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Oman makes steel in Sohar, where Jindal Shadeed’s plant sits beside Sohar Port and Freezone, and trades through Muscat and Salalah.
Construction, infrastructure and the oil and gas industry are the main users of steel.
3.0 Mt in 2025 (3.0 Mt in 2024)
Source: worldsteel, World Steel in Figures 2026. More figures on Steel statistics.
Who sets steel standards in Oman, and the rules that apply to steel products.
Standards and metrology are the work of the Directorate General of Standards and Metrology, in the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion. Oman generally applies GSO standards, and importers are asked for a manufacturer’s declaration of conformity to Omani or GCC standards.
Sources: Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion · US Trade.gov — Oman standards for trade
OS GSO ISO 6935-1:2007, for plain reinforcing bars, is an Omani technical regulation.
As a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Oman works with the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO). GSO’s current Gulf standards for reinforcing bars include GSO ASTM A615/A615M:2023 and GSO ISO 6935-2:2022 (ribbed bars).
Sources: GSO · GSO store — GSO ASTM A615/A615M:2023 · GSO store — GSO ISO 6935-2:2022
The standards bodies on our steel grades & standards page: DGSM, GSO.
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