Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
A refinery with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day will be constructed by the Egyptian Qalaa Company in Nineveh province. In a statement, Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed Shamaa said the Ministry of Oil has contracted Qalaa to establish the refinery which will process the crude oil from the Najma and Gayar fields near Mosul. […]
Najaf Investment Commission announced on Tuesday that it has granted two investment licenses worth a total of $56 million. According to AKnews, one is to build a residential complex in Manathira district, and the other is to build a tourist hotel in Najaf city. Wafi al-Bahhash, the head of the commission, told AKnews that the […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government's representation in Washington has launched Invest in Democracy, the KRG's official 2011- 2012 investment guide which outlines the buisness opportunities and investment climate for international companies in the region. The investment guide includes forewords by President Masoud Barzani, Prime Minister Barham Salih, as well as British Foreign Secretary William Hague, US […]
A South Korean firm said on Saturday that it will build a 100,000-unit housing development south of Baghdad, according to a report from AKnews. At the end of a visit to South Korea in April, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed a number of contracts in the areas of economy, construction and energy. A group of […]
A French company began construction work on Tuesday on a $15 million luxury hotel in Nineveh’s Shallalat area, 10 km north of Mosul, according to AKnews. The Investment Commission's media spokesman told the agency that the 200-room hotel will be the first of its kind in the region. “The implementation of the project comes after […]
The governor of Basra has laid the foundation stone for a new 120-room hotel in the city. The new hotel, which will have 7 floors and will include two restaurants, will be built at a cost of $14 million [17 billion Iraqi dinars] on a site covering 3.5 acres. According to the Basra Investment Commission, […]
The Ministry of Construction and Housing is to build a highway linking Baghdad with Turkey, according to a report from Azzaman. The 508 km road is to be financed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This project is a challenge to the ministry since it assumes great economic significance for the country,” the ministry quoted […]
Due to the lack of investment in developing Iraq’s oil sector during the old regime, pipelines lack capacity and are corroded, ports need redeveloping, refineries need to be upgraded to increase supply, mines cleared, power supply is irregular and an increase in water supply is crucial. Iraq has the fourth largest oil reserves in the […]
The Iraqi Transport Ministry said on Wednesday that the designs for Grand al-Faw port will be ready in less than a year. AKnews reports that the statements said that all the necessary preparations have been made to initiate the construction of the port including the financial allocations and the technical and engineering staffing. Iraq announced […]
Reuters reports on Wednesday that Iraq has awarded a $472 million contract for an oil export facility expansion and sub-sea pipeline to the Italian group Saipem, a subsidiary of oil group Eni. Saipem will build a single point mooring buoy (SPM) with an export capacity of 900,000 barrels per day and construct a 50-kilometre pipeline […]
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Al-Iraqiya television has reported that Iraq is threatening to take the case of Kuwait's Mubarak al-Kabir Port to the United Nations if the harbour violates its maritime rights. An Iraqi Technical Delegation, led by the government’s Advisor, Thamer al-Ghadban, reportedly arrived in Kuwait on Sunday for a 2-day official visit. Bloomberg reports that Prime Minister […]
