In cooperation with the local government in Diwaniya, the U.S. reconstruction team has opened a factory to manufacture school desks at a total cost of $25,000 U.S. dollars. “The Multi-National Force’s (MNF) U.S. reconstruction team has opened the factory, located at the storehouse of the Diwaniya Education Department in al-Jazaer neighborhood, downtown Diwaniya,” a media […]
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Tags: Industry & Trade
Central Markets Activated in Karbala
Central markets have resumed trading in the holy province of Karbala for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country, a local official said on Thursday. “We have started to activate central markets, which have been idle for the past years due to the absence of subsidy and a lack of cheap […]
Tags: Industry & Trade, Karbala
Initial Designs Made for 6th Mosul Bridge
Initial designs have been made for the sixth bridge in Mosul City, which will carry an estimated cost of 55 billion Iraqi dinars, a local official said on Thursday. “The bridge will encircle the city from the northern al-Rashidiya area to the western Mushayrafa,” the head of the Roads and Bridges Department in the province, […]
Aswat al-Iraq wins Journalistic Award
Aswat al-Iraq news agency has been chosen on Thursday to receive a media distinction shield in Missan province. “This is a way to honor the efforts of Aswat al-Iraq,” Saad Hassan al-Zubaidi, head of the Missan branch of the Iraqi Journalists Union, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the union aims to honor […]
Tags: Telecoms/Comms
LUKOIL to Begin Production in 2013
The LUKOIL-Statoil consortium could begin producing oil at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq in 2013, LUKOIL Vice President Andrey Kuzyayev said. LUKOIL’s capital investments in the project could be as much as $3.7 billion, the Oil and Gas Information Agency reports. LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov said his company could increase investments in oil […]
$25m for Paving Roads in Karbala
The Karbala Provincial Council has allocated around ID 30 billion (approx. $25m) to pave a number of roads in the province, a local official said on Wednesday. “The total length of the roads is 100 km,” Abbass Nasser Hassani, member of the council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the roads are located […]
Tags: Karbala, Transportation
52 International Firms Want to Rebuild Sadr City
Fifty-two specialised international firms are willing to participate in the project to rebuild Sadr city in Baghdad, according to a press release from the office of Baghdad's Mayor, on Wednesday. “The project’s first stage consists of building 75 thousand housing units,” said the release received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It said that in addition […]
Phospate sales soar
The Industry Ministry announced that the General Company for Phosphate marketed more than 15 thousand tons of compound fertilizer in the past month. The Ministry also said the cotton industry has achieved sales of more than one billion dinars during the last month, and announced the arrival of a new machine to increase production capacity. […]
Tags: Agriculture, Baghdad
Khuzai: State aid for gifted students
The Minister of Education Khudair Khuzaie, asserted his support for gifted students, and the need to provide for scientific and educational supplies and moral support. He pointed to the importance of allowing talented students to study abroad at the expense of the State. According to a statement issued by the Information Office of the Ministry […]
Tags: education, Educational
Iraq, Syria Rail Co-operation
The Iraqi minister of transportation has discussed with the Syrian prime minister means of boosting cooperation in the transportation sector, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said on Wednesday. “The two officials discussed in the Syrian capital Damascus means of developing the work of the Iraqi-Syrian Land Transportation Company and facilitating procedures for the transportation […]
Tags: Baghdad, Transportation
Sand Freight Fees
A committee has been formed in Karbala on Wednesday to specify fees for sand transportation from the province to other places in Iraq. “The process aims at increasing Karbala revenues in 2010,” Tareq al-Kheqani, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the new revenues will be devoted […]
Tags: Karbala, Transportation
Construction Projects in Baghdad
Construction in Baghdad might be hindered if the authorities did not deal with the financial budget in the right way, said Baghdad governor Salah Abdul Razzak during a meeting he held on Tuesday. Abdul Razzak talked over ways of speeding up infra-structure projects in the poor regions. ( Al SumariaTV )