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Archive | Construction & Engineering In Iraq
Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
UNDP Donates Sanitation Tankers to Dohuk
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) today donated three dislodging tankers to local authorities in Dohuk, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to improve WASH services in a governorate, which contends with one of the largest numbers of internally displaced persons in the world. The dislodging tankers will provide sanitation services to at least three camps, or some […]
Tags: Dohuk, featured, IDPs, internally displaced persons, Kurdistan News, Refugees, sanitation, UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Call for Expressions of Interest in Mansuriya Gas Plant
By John Lee. The Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC) has issued a request for expressions of interest in its Mansuriya Gas Plant The Mansuriya gas field is located in Diyala governorate approximately 45 km north of Ba’quba city in Iraq. This location is about 100 km north-east Baghdad and south-west of Hamrin Lake. Turkish Petroleum […]
Iran, Iraq to Cooperate on Environment
By John Lee. The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Iraq’s Minister of the Environment, Ibrahim Turki al-Juburi (Qutaiba al-Jibouri), have met to search for solutions to the environmental issues affecting the countries. According to the report from BasNews, the Ministers discussed the dust storms that blanket the region, particulate pollution, […]
Japan Implements Water, Sewerage Projects
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani, has received Mr. Akihiko Tanaka, head of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan’s Ambassador to Iraq. Mr. Tanaka expressed his appreciation for the assistance that Kurdistan Regional Government, KRG, provides to the agency during the implementation of their projects in the Region. He briefed the Prime Minister about […]
Tags: featured, Infrastructure, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, KRG, Kurdistan News
Currency Auction Results, 17th May
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 15 banks and 3 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Sunday. A total of $ 149,182,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
Tags: Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), dinar, Dinar Exchange Rate News, Dinar Revaluation News, IQD, Iraqi Dinar News, re-denomination, re-valuation, Redenomination
Italian Dredgers for Iraq
By John Lee. Italian dredger builder Italdraghe and its consortium partner CPN are building three dredgers for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources. Work is already well underway on one Italdraghe SGT 400 D (pictured) and two Italdraghe SGT 300 RB diesel cutter suction dredgers, all designed specifically for the Ministry’s river, sea and dam […]
Korean Firm wins $146m Contract at Bismaya
By John Lee. South Korea's LSIS said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to supply electrical equipment for the Bismayah New-City Project (BNCP) (pictured). The deal, worth about 160 billion won ($146 million, 170 billion Iraqi dinars), will see the company supply equipment for gas insulated switchgear at 32 substations over the next […]
Tags: ABB, Bismaya, Bismayah, Electricity In Iraq, featured, korea, LS Industrial Systems (LSIS), Siemens
Former CEO Sentenced, Fined for Fraud
By John Lee. The former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of a New Jersey-based international engineering consulting company has been sentenced to 12 months of home confinement and fined $4.5 million for conspiring to defraud the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with respect to billions of dollars in contracts over […]
IBN Interview: Doing Business in Iraq
Iraq Business News (IBN) recently interviewed Colin Findlay, General Manager of Severn Valve Solutions and Executive Director of the Severn Glocon Group of companies, about doing business in Iraq. IBN: Can you tell us a little about your business in Iraq? Colin Findlay: Severn Valve Solutions was formed in 2012 and has quickly become the […]
IOM Aids Construction IDP Camp
Over 500 families have moved into the newly opened Shekhan camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Iraq over the past week and hundreds more will move in in the coming days. The camp has been constructed by a consortium of humanitarian partners with the support of multiple donors and will eventually provide shelter […]
Tags: caliphate, Dohuk, featured, IDPs, internally displaced persons, International Organization for Migration, IOM, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, migrants, Saudi Arabia, Shekhan Displacement Camp, terrorism
Revitalizing Ports, Airports in the Shadow of IS
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 war against terrorism and a decrease in oil prices resulted in Iraq running a deficit in its 2015 budget. This has been accompanied by tensions in Iraq and neighboring countries […]