Sohar Aluminium Company is the first Aluminium smelter in the Sultanate of Oman.[1] Established in 2004,[2][3][4] it is under the ownership of Oman Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC – TAQA and Rio Tinto, a leading aluminium mining and production company.[5] The company's annual production of primary aluminium is 375,000 tonnes per annum and it has a port facility for receiving and exporting aluminium and can support vessels with a capacity of at least 75,000 metric tonnes.[6]