By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 18 banks took part in its currency auction on Thursday. A total of $173,983,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
By John Lee. SNC-Lavalin has announced that Kentz Corporation, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has signed a Project Management Contractor Agreement in Iraq with one of the world's leading blue-chip International Oil Companies (IOC) for a three-year term with a potential value of up to approximately US$97 million (113 billion Iraqi dinars). The contract […]
By John Lee. Descon Engineering, an Abu Dhabi–based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, plans to re-enter the Iraqi market. General Manager Muhmmad Iqbal Khan told the Khaleej Times that his firm has been absent from Iraaq of 25 years, but is looking again due to "exciting opportunities". (Source: Khaleej Times)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani talked to the press following yesterday’s Parliament session hosting the Kurdistan Region Oil and Gas Council. Prime Minister Barzani said the Region would not hand oil control to the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organisation, SOMO. He noted the federal government cannot export oil […]
By John Lee. Nasdaq and the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) have announced today the successful on-schedule go-live of the X-stream Trading technology, which replaced the existing Horizon platform. Nasdaq has delivered trading technology to ISX since 2007. The X-stream Trading upgrade provides ISX with a widely deployed high-end, multi-asset trading platform that complies with international […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 17 banks took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $208,930,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
By John Lee. A lawsuit has been filed in the US against Barclays, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), and Standard Chartered, seeking to hold them responsible for attacks on the US military because their alleged processing Iranian money that financed the attacks. According to a report from Reuters, the lawsuit, filed by wounded […]
By John Lee. Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Qasim Mohammad Abid Hammadi al-Fahadawi [Qassim al-Fahdawi] held a meeting with the French Ambassador to Iraq, Marc Barety, on Sunday. The Ambassador congratulated the Minister on his new role, and assured the Minister of the full support of the French government and private sector companies in the development of […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi army has been trying voer the past three days to break through a seige of Iraq's biggest oil refinery. The Islamic State in Iraq and Levant captured the city in June, […]
By John Lee. The Bank of Baghdad (BOB) has reportedly announced the appointment of Mr. Faisal Al- Haimus as Managing Director. According to Radio Dijla, Mr. Al -Haimus has over twenty years of banking experience with Standard Chartered, HSBC and Mashreq Bank. (Source: Radio Dijla)
In a meeting in London on Friday with the Kurdistan Region’s Chancellor of the Security Council, Masrour Barzani, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said, UK is planning to provide more advanced weaponry at the nearest opportunity to the Peshmarga forces. He stressed that there is no political limit in supporting the Peshmerga, adding that the […]
By Shukur Khilkhal for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi army's defeat by Islamic State (IS) fighters in Mosul in June came as a surprise. Although the Iraqi military is superior in terms of numbers of soldiers and arms, its fighters quickly deserted […]
