Plans have been announced to build a modern abattoir outside Kirkuk City at a cost of $5 million (6 billion Iraqi dinars), according to AKnews.
Falah al-Bazzaz, Chairman of Kirkuk Investment Commission, said the project is the first of its kind and will be built on a site of 40 acres. The development will also include a livestock market with capacity for 150 cows and 300 sheep.
A Turkish company, named in the report as “Jameson“, will develop the project with the help of two Iraqi companies, Durrat al-Faisial and Sama al-Biet al-Saeid.
Director of the Municipality of Kirkuk, Abdul Karim Hassan, commented:
“The project is very important because it will contribute in the treatment of environmental pollution and put an end to the slaughter and breeding of sheep in residential neighborhoods.“
Wasit Investment Commission has approved the construction of 254 houses, at a cost of $30m, in Mowafaqiya district, 30km southwest of Kut.
According to the report from AKnews, the ‘Residential Rescue Ship’ housing project, to be launched next week, will provide basic services, including a health center, fire station and shopping centers.
A Turkish-Iraqi company will complete the project within 750 days, said Board Chairman Mohammed Sadeq.
The area of each house will be either 200 or 300 square meters, with the whole project will be builto on a site 51 donums [13 hectares].
According to a report from Bloomberg, Iraq plans to increase its exports of Kirkuk crude from the Turkish port of Ceyhan (pictured) by 20 percent in April:
24 cargoes to be shipped, up from 21 in March;
shipping rate of 510,000 barrels a day, up from 425,484 bpd in March.
Shipments of Iraqi Kirkuk crude from Ceyhan were halted nine times since the end of November because of technical reasons, bad weather or explosions, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in a statement.
As a result, exports from the port were less than scheduled:
January: 17 cargoes of the crude totaling 387,677 bpd shipped versus a planned 447,742 bpd;
February: 369,447 bpd compared with 448,276 bpd planned.
Turkish Airlines hopes to increase the number of flights between Turkey and Basra from four to seven per week.
Farouk Qaimagja, of the Turkish Consulate in Basra, told AKnews:
“We are working seriously to reach this number of flights per week. We hope that this will be achieved as soon as possible through the cooperation of Basra airport management and the provision of the necessary requirements … The Turkish Airlines is also working to reduce the ticket prices to be suitable for all Iraqi citizens.“
The company already increased the number of flights between Turkey and Basra at the beginning of this month from two a week to four.
The Turkish company Çalık Enerji will open its 250 mega watt Khairat power station at the beginning of July, the first of 20 stations Iraq hopes to build around the country, reports AKnews.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, made the announcement today and told AKnews that the Ministry of Oil will provide fuel for the plant, located in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad.
About the measures taken to address the electricity crisis during the summer, Shahristani said “the ministry will install 20 stations in different parts of the country, and the capacity of each one will reach up to 250 MW.”
Iraq needs at least 14,000 MW to meet the high demand for energy but currently has less than 7,000 MW.
A Turkish firm has won the contract for the $88 million (105 billion Iraqi dinar) Grand Kut water project, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq.
Sobeih Lafta, the assistant governor for technical affairs in Wassit, told the news agency that the project is intended to end water scarcity in the city.
The project, with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters/hour, is on a site of 118 donums (30 hectares) in the Umm Heleil area at the northern entrance to al-Kut city and overlooking the River Tigris.
He added that the project, which should be finalized in 540 days, involves the installation of three backup stations, sedimentation basins, a pumping station and the extension of lines and pipeline networks for the city.
The project had been taken away from a now-blacklisted company before in 2005 at a cost of ID70 billion for failing to observe deadlines.
The head of the One Stop Shop Department in Basra Investmetnt Commission (BIC), Eng. Jalal Al- Noori, announced that the Turkish company Visalr has submitted an investment project to build private schools in Basra.
He said the education sector is a top priority for the BIC, and that Basra has suitable lands allocated for such projects. He pointed out that BIC is ready to support the project and provide facilities, adding that the BIC has coordinated with the relative bodies to get the required approvals and grant the project an investment licence.
The manager of the company, Rasheed Kajman, said during the meeting that his company has investment projects in Kurdistan since 1994 and has relevant projects in Kirkuk, Duhok and Baghdad.
He added that the project, which is called Ishq Al- Basra, includes the construction of schools for about 600 students.
