Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
Mott MacDonald, the leading global management, engineering and development consultancy, is a sponsor of the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment) and EIC (Energy Industries Council) conference on oil and gas opportunities in Iraq. The conference programme started in London at the EIC on 28 September and moves to Middlesbrough Football Club on 29 September and […]
Azzaman news agency reports that the Iraqi government has agreed to allocate $10 billion for the reconstruction of Sadr City, and that talks with international firms have reached an advanced stage. Sadr City is on the outskirts of Baghdad and is perhaps Iraq’s most impoverished town, but if the reports are correct is should become […]
The local administration in the province of Maysan [Missan] has reportedly agreed a deal with a Swiss-Russian firm to set up two power stations in the city of al-Amara, according to Aswat al-Iraq. “The Missan local government agreed today (Sept. 25) with Russia’s Wintercroft Capital to build two steam-operated power stations with capacities of 650 […]
Work has started on a bridge a linking Kirkuk to Mosul at a total cost of 6 billion Iraqi dinars [$5m], as part the Provincial Development Budget (PDB) for the year 2010, a local official in Kirkuk told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The Sadr al-al-Nahr bridge will link Mosul to Kirkuk in the district of […]
The President of the Kurdistan Chamber of Commerce announced the arrival of the British trade delegation headed by the President of the British Business Council in Iraq, to strengthen ties between Kurdistan and Britain. Dara Jalil Khayat told AKnews that the purpose of the visit is to develop business relations between Britain and Kurdistan “in […]
The Iraqi Council of Ministers has decided to increase the amount allocated to develope the Khaliss-Idhaim road by ID31 billion [$25.8m], bringing the total cost of ID40 billion [$33.3m], accordign to Aswat al-Iraq. “This road is both important and strategic because it links the mid and northern provinces of Iraq,” Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured), the […]
The Iraqi Minister of Municipalities, Riad Ghareeb, and the governor of Najaf, Adnan Al-Zurfi, have announced the start of the urban renewal project of the old city. Riad Ghareeb told Aknews during his meeting with al-Zurfi and some members of the executing company, "the renewal project for the old city center of Najaf has been […]
U.S. energy firm ContourGlobal is in talks with the authorities in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk regarding the construction of a 400-megawatt power plant, according to a report from Azzaman. Governor Abdulrahman Mostefa was quoted as saying that the plant would not be part of the country’s national grid as it wpuld be used exclusively […]
The investment outlook in Iraq will be probed at a key summit in Bahrain. In its ongoing commitment to provide intelligent market analysis for the region in a frank and open forum, Economist Conferences, part of The Economist Group, will host the Iraq Business and Investment Summit. It will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, […]
An Iraqi economic expert said on Thursday that the Iraqi government should embark on a privatization program to improve the state of industry in the country. Fadhel Al-Moussawi told AKnews, "The Iraqi government has not been successful in improving the country's industrial conditions in the past several years due to the reluctance and lack of […]
Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead a historic trade mission to Baghdad, Iraq, in October. Sánchez will accompany representatives from 14 U.S. companies on the department’s first trade mission to Iraq since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. “The U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship is entering a new phase […]
Dr Sami al Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission, has said that Abu Dhabi-based developers have closed deals worth $66bn [79 trillion Iraqi dinars] for housing projects in Iraq. The companies involved are Bloom Properties and Al Maabar. Bloom Properties' projects include a $30bn development in Karbala, and $15bn to provide 300,000 dwellings […]
