Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
By John Lee. Iraq's minister of housing and construction Mohammed al Daraji has announced the completion of a 500 unit housing complex in Najaf, Iraq. Iraq is currently in the middle of a major drive to build 2 million new housing units, and a number of international construction firms are working on projects within Iraq […]
By John Lee. For our more athletic readers in the US, we are pleased to announce a special charity event in Alexandria, Virginia on the 10th of May. Impressively, Iraq's Ambassador to the US Lukman Faily (pictured) will be the Distinguished Guest Runner having recently run in the Boston Marathon. This looks like a fun […]
By John Lee. Bloom Properties, the Dubai based multi sector subsidiary of National Holding, has won a major housing development in the Karbala governorate after signing an agreement with the provincial governor Amal al Deen al Hir and the Iraqi National Investment Commission. The 40,000 housing unit development will be constructed in phases over eight […]
Nina-iraq.com is new magazine and webportal for Iraqi Women everywhere. In a launch that has coincided with the Iraqi elections, Nina is a sign of hope and strength that allows the international 5 million diaspora to connect back to support women’s economic empowerment in country. Free educational links, business building courses and mentoring support are […]
By John Lee. The Minister of Construction and Housing, Mohamed Sahib al-Daraji [Mohammed Al-Deraji], has laid the foundation stone for the new AlGriat (Jawadain) suspension bridge project in Baghdad. The bridge will connect the holy city of Kadhimiya with AlGriat across the Tigris River. The Minister said that the project also includes setting up entertainment areas […]
By John Lee. Norwegian company Hexagon Ragasco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites, has received an order of USD 13.6 million for the supply of LPG cylinders to Iraq. The order is for delivery in the second half of 2014. Jon Erik Engeset (pictured), CEO of Hexagon Composites, commented: "We are very pleased with the performance […]
Robert Tollast is a consultant at Noorbridge, a Helsinki based consultancy with staff in London and Nasiriyah, Iraq. He has written extensively on security, politics and economic issues in Iraq for various publications, and is currently researching a modern history of Iraq with support from The Middle East Forum. email: [email protected] twitter: @roberttollast To understand […]
Prime Minister Nouri Kamil al-Maliki has opened the new Hanwha Precast Concrete Plant at the Bismayah New City development near Baghdad. Speaking at the event, he said that “this project is our dream that has come true because it reflects our hope to provide housing units for all Iraqi people who were deprived of their […]
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth approximately €225 million to provide power generation equipment for the Al-Anbar gas-fired combined-cycle power plant being built in the Anbar province in Iraq. A consortium of Metka SA and Metka Overseas Ltd is building the power plant for the Ministry of Electricity of Iraq. The 1,642 MW power […]
Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield development project (pictured), has appointed a contractor to lay the pipeline connecting the field to the power station in Zubaidiah (Wasit Province). The tender was won by Pakistani company Techno Engineering Services (Pvt.) Ltd. In line with the contract, Techno Engineering Services will produce the designs, supply the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's cabinet has approved an $589 million oilfield service contract with South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction. The contract, approved on Tuesday, is for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas separation facility at the Zubair oilfield. Production at the field is planned to increase from the current 320,000 barrels per […]
Ventyx, an ABB company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Iraq to provide state-of-the-art energy management systems that will help improve the availability, performance and reliability of power supplies in Iraq from main control centers in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Basra. The agreement is part of a […]
