United Abrasives is a joint venture between Mannai Holding and Oman Abrasives. Oman Abrasives was established by four leading Omani conglomerates in the year 1986 to cater to the abrasive needs of the Middle East and other regional countries.
United Abrasives manufactures a range of grit from mineral slag which converts itself into iron silicate during the smelting and quenching process in the copper smelter. The product is sold under the trade name OMGRIT.
United Abrasives are engaged in the production of material for surface preparation, popularly known as blasting grit. Our plant has an annual production capacity of 140,000 tones and is located in the Hidd area Bahrain.
OMGRIT is manufactured to conform to the ISO standard 11126-3 applicable for copper refinery slag abrasive and SSPC – AB 1, with batch quality certification. Every bag is identified with batch control tag for weight and quality traceability.
The product is available in six grades from Turbo + to HD + with different particle size mixes to enable the user to choose the correct grade based on requirement of cleanliness level (Sa 2, 2 1/2 and 3) and anchor profile (40 – 120 microns).
OMGRIT is approved by major shipyards, oil and gas companies, plant manufacturers, coating contractors, tank builders, pressure vessel fabricators, offshore yards and construction chemical companies.