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BusinessRO 4.3 Billion Plan to Reshape Salalah Through 2040The Greater Salalah Structure Plan sets out about RO 4.3 billion of investment through 2040, split almost evenly between public and private money.BusinessOman's RO 150 Million Sugar Refinery Opens in SoharThe Oman Sugar Refinery at Sohar Port and Freezone opened in December 2025 after trial operations, with a designed output of one million tonnes of refined sugar a year.BusinessOman-Backed Solaris Agrees to Control Brazilian Grain Exporter AgribrasilSolaris, majority-owned by Oman's sovereign wealth fund, agreed to buy a controlling stake in Agribrasil, a Brazilian grain exporter, to support food supply security.BusinessL&T Wins Contract for Three Office Towers in MuscatIndia's Larsen & Toubro won a building contract in Oman for three eight-storey office blocks in the Madinat Al-Irfan business park in Muscat.