Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments and opportunities in Iraq’s public works.
Iraq has approved an ambitious $37-billion [45 trillion Iraqi dinar] programme to upgrade Iraq's collapsing infrastructure, which has fallen victim to three decades of war and sanctions, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured) said on Tuesday. AFP reports that the cabinet's plans, which must now be approved by parliament, are the latest in efforts by the […]
Reuters reports that Iraq's electricity ministry has signed a $1 billion [1.2 trillion Iraqi dinars] deal with China's Shanghai Electric on Monday to nearly double the size of a power plant south of Baghdad. The plant in the town of Zubaidiya was initially intended to have four 330 MW generators, giving a total capacity of […]
Six companies, including the world’s biggest power-grid supplier, ABB Ltd, have been selected to bid to develop a power plant in western Iraq, according to a report from Bloomberg. Lanco Infratech Ltd. (LANCI) of India, Techint Group of Italy, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. from Korea, as well as Turkish and Iraqi companies were preselected […]
Kings, presidents and emirs are invited to a former Saddam palace for the Arab League summit in May. Saddam Hussein's former palace in Baghdad has been completely renovated in preparation for the historic summit. The palace, which has a history as tumultuous as the country's, has been given a $400m makeover. Many hope the gleaming […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources announced on Monday a significant decline in water levels in the country’s strategic Mosul and Haditha (pictured) dams due to a lack of rainfall in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and a reduction in water flow from Turkey, Syria and Iran. Director of Projects Ali Hashim told AKnews that […]
Iraq's Ministry of Electricity announced on Tuesday the experimental launch of a number of electrical units in the al-Sadr gas station. According to the report from AKnews, the plant is operated by the Iranian company Snair (which Iraq Business News believes to be Sunir). The ministry’s media spokesman, Musab al-Mudarres, told AKnews that the station […]
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has tendered the lowest of six bids for the construction of a 500-megawatt natural-gas fired power plant in Najaf, an Iraqi Electricity Ministry official said. According to Bloomberg, Hyundai bid $158.9 million for the work; Metka SA (METTK) of Greece, Turkey’s Enka Insaat & Sanayi AS, Lanco Infratech Ltd. (LANCI) […]
The Mayoralty of Baghdad has said that it will provide 50 billion dinars [42 million Iraqi dinars] as an additional allocation to improve services in the capital. "The extra allocations will be used to improve services, including drinking water, sewerage, roads and agriculture," the mayoralty said in a statement quoting Engineer Naeem al-Kaabi, responsible for […]
The biggest rubbish processing plant in the Middle East was opened on Wednesday in Baghdad by a Turkish company, according to the Municipality of Baghdad. Deputy Baghdad Mayor Naeem al-Kaabi on Wednesday opened the al-Sadr waste processing plant in al-Habibiya region, making it the largest in the Middle East. It was designed by a Turkish […]
University Research Co., LLC (URC) has been awarded a $74,855,589, four-year contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide support to the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MoH) to support the Ministry’s strategic plan to achieve better quality primary health care. URC will manage this project together with Management Systems Internationaland Sallyport, in […]
International oil companies (IOCs) in Iraq have stepped up efforts to clear the country of millions of landmines, but according to Reuters progress remains slow due to security constraints. According to its demining plan, Iraq is supposed to clear 2 percent of its contaminated land this year but has already hit 5 percent thanks to […]
According to a report from Reuters, the Saudi-based Dao al-Jomaih Group tendered the low bid of $204.4 million to install four gas turbines in Iraq's southern Basra province. Salam Qazaz, Iraq's deputy electricity minister, said on Tuesday that the units will have a total generating capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) and will be installed at […]
