The High Representative to the UK on Wednesday announced that a major conference will take place in London in June this year to promote international trade and investment in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman said, “The conference, which has the full support of Prime Minister Barham Salih, gives international companies […]
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Najaf Book Fair Opens
Najaf’s third book fair opened on Friday (March 12) with the participation of Arab and foreign publishing houses, a local official said. “Tomorrow, the Cultural Affairs Department in Najaf will open the largest book fair in the province…,” the head of the intellectual and cultural affairs department in the province, Jihad al-Hassani, told Aswat al-Iraq […]
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Cement Public Company Signs Rehabilitation Contracts
Cement Public Company affiliated to Iraq Ministry of Industry and Minerals said that the ministry signed many contracts with Iraqi and international companies in order to renew cement facilities in Iraq and to increase their productivity. A source in the company said that the ministry signed a contract with Al Massira Iraqi Company to rehabilitate […]
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Furnaces and Compressors saught
The Iraqi Ministry of Industry has signed an investment contract to purchase rotary furnaces for its factories. The Ministry also received air compressors that have been installed and are operational. (Aswat Al Iraq)
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Academic Warns of Hammour Extinction
An Academic warned on Wednesday of the extinction of Hammour fish in Iraqi territorial waters and in the Gulf. “The sea sciences center of the Basra University has adopted several precautionary measures to increase the number of Hammour,” the center’s media official, Hashem Zaki, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The center will work on increasing […]
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Symposium to Discuss Trade, Investment in Karbala
The Chamber of Commerce in Karbala has held a symposium to discuss trade and investment in the province, the chamber’s head said on Wednesday. “The symposium included a number of officials and traders, as well as parliamentarians, local government members and more than 60 Iraqi traders,” Nabeel al-Anbari told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The symposium […]
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ISX Up 1.2%
The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index went up on Tuesday by 1.2% to close at 99 points as 13 out of a total of 37 quoted shares traded during today’s session went up. 10 companies’ shares went down, while 14 retained their previous prices. The number of traded shares hit 7.285 billion worth over 8.597 […]
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Khuzestan Exports $421m to Iraq
In the eleven-month period ending February 19 over 1.5 million tons of goods worth some $421 were exported to Iraq from Khuzestan Province, southwest of Iran. The director of Khuzestan Province Customs Administration, Abbas Alidadi, told ISNA news agency that the goods are 216 percent heavier and 127 percent more in value compared to the […]
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Discussions in Basra About Iranian Commercial Center
Iraqi-Iranian discussions took place in Basra about starting an Iranian commercial center that embraces offices of Iranian firms in the province.
24 hour Traffic Lights
The Director-General of Kindi State Company, Engineer Yousef Hussein Yousef, said that his company has developed a system of traffic light signals which work on power and solar energy, which enable it to work for 24 hours without interruption. This system is distinguished by low price, compared to imported ones, with little consumption of electrical […]
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Basra a Focus for Sweden and Norway
Delegations from the embassies of Sweden and Norway met with the governor of Basra last week to discuss investment opportunities in the province, according to Aswat Al Iraq. The joint delegation, led by the Swedish ambassador to Iraq, expressed the readiness of companies from both countries to contribute to large projects in the province. (Source: […]
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Supplementary Budget May Be Allocated for Ration Cards
The Iraqi Ministry of Trade said that this year’s allocations for ration card items are insufficient, adding that a supplementary budget might be provided for this purpose. “A total of $2.9 billion U.S. dollars has been allocated for rations cards from the 2010 budget,” Trade Minister Safaa al-Din al-Safi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “A […]
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