A consortium of Turkish firms is negotiating with the authorities in the southern Iraqi Province of Missan for the construction of a 500-megawatt power plant, according to a report from Azzaman News Agency. Governor Mohammed al-Sudani said the talks were in an advanced stage and that representatives from the Turkish consortium were currently discussing the […]
Archive | Construction & Engineering In Iraq
Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the construction & engineering industries in Iraq.
Tags: Electricity In Iraq, Turkey
Turkish Company Builds 5 New Hospitals in Iraq
The Acarsan Group, based in Gaziantep, Turkey, is set to complete the construction of five new hospitals in Iraq and hand them over to the Iraqi Health Ministry by the beginning of 2012, according to a report in Today's Zaman. In partnership with the Universal Hospitals Group network of Turkey, Acarsan won a recent tender […]
Iraq Launches Five-year Plan for Economic Development
China's Xinhua News Agency is so far the only source to report on Iraq's new five-year National Development Plan (NDP), announced on Sunday. The plan targets annual economic growth of 9.4 percent and attempts to cut unemployment. The country's 2010-2014 NDP was announced in a televised event in Baghdad attended by top Iraqi officials, including […]
Major Bridge to Re-Open in Baiji
The Iraqi Industry Ministry has finalized the project to rehabilitate the al-Fatiha Bridge in Baiji (Bayji), north of Tikrit city. “This bridge is considered one of the biggest, most important bridges in Iraq, because it links the two provinces of Salah al-Din and Kirkuk,” the ministry said in a statement on Sunday, received by Aswat […]
Tags: Baiji, Refineries
Egypt's Orascom Wants to Invest in Karbala
The Egyptian firm, Orascom, is ready to invest in the housing sector in Karbala, the company’s representative said on Wednesday. “Our company can construct more than 10 housing units in Karbala,” the representative told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that a similar project was finalized in Egypt in eighteen months. (Source: Aswat al-Iraq)
Are there really people in 112 countries waiting to hear from you?
Is your business in Iraq or going to Iraq or just thinking about it? Either way our community of subscribers and readers in 112 countries will almost certainly contain people who could become customers or influence buying decisions. Some of them may already be customers. Either way, telling them about your business, keeping your name […]
Tags: advertising
Iraq Awards $600m Monorail Contract
Reuters reports that Iraq's city of Najaf has awarded a Canadian company a $600 million contract to build the country's first monorail. Anwar al-Haboobi, a member of the Najaf investment committee, told Reuters the project will be only the second of its kind in the Middle East after Dubai. The contract was awarded to TransGlobim […]
German Company Seeks Investment in Iraqi Ports
A German company is interested in providing heavy equipment to Iraqi ports, in cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company, an official source at the company said on Monday, according to a report from AK News. "The German company Damij Cransing (sic) is seeking to invest ... in direct cooperation with the Iraqi Ports Company and […]
Tags: Ports, Transportation
Calls to Apply Kurdistan Experience in Addressing Housing Crisis
According to a report from AK News, an Iraqi economic expert has called on the Iraqi government to learn from Kurdistan's experience in addressing the housing crisis, and to apply those lessons in other Iraqi provinces. “Kurdistan's experience is very important, being able to limit the continuing housing crisis in the region," said Sattar Al-Shahin, […]
Tags: Housing
German Firm to Build in Basra
German company IQ Martrade has submitted several proposals for developments at Basra Port. The manager of the Company, Mr. Gunther Hahn, said "the projects include investment in jetties at Umm Qasr Port, and the establishment of an oil pipes factory near the port - there is a huge need for such pipes in Iraq and […]
Tags: Umm Qasr
3rd Unit of al-Kahlaa Power Plant Starts Next Month
The third unit of the al-Kahlaa power plant in Missan will start operating next month at a capacity of 45 Megawatts, the director of the plant said on Thursday. “Within the plan, made by U.S. experts, who supervise the plant, the third unit of the new al-Kahlaa power plant will start operating as of next […]
Firms Compete for $3bn Baghdad Subway
(Source: Aswat Al Iraq) Eight foreign firms are competing to get the project to build the subway in Iraqi capital’s, the Baghdad mayoralty said on Wednesday. “The total estimated cost of the project will exceed $3 billion,” the mayoralty said in the statement as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. It noted that the Baghdad […]