Supply of Recovery Truck
The Oil Projects Company (SCOP) of the Ministry of Oil , Baghdad , Iraq , re-announces the issuance of the above - mentioned Tender. Brief Description: This tender cover Supply of Recovery Truck (30) ton qt (4/four) for crude Oil depot of fao. The Origin of the Materials : Japan , Netherlands, Austria, Germany , […]
New Tender From MIM
The Ministry of Industry and Minerals has the pleasure to announce the foreign tender no : 6/T/MEC/2012 : Sypplying , Shortages used to assemble (50) pivot center irrigation system . The specialized companies may pay visit to our company's headquarter in Babylon Province -Iskandariyah City to get the tender documents against a non-refundable amount (fifty […]
Building Residential Complex in Wassit
General information Type of advertisement / prequalification of the companies wishes to carry out the residential project in Wasit ( Al-azizia ) Governorate . No. of Tender : 7/2012 . Language : Arabic language . Last closing date : ( 12:00 ) afternoon on Wednesday in 20 /6/2012 Chosen class A/ governmental specialization companies that are interested […]
Iraq's 4th Energy Licensing Round – Success or Failure?
Nearly a week has passed since the finalisation of Iraq's fourth round of oil licences, this time relating to oil and gas exploration blocks. In the meantime, the debate has rumbled on regarding the results of the auction, with some regarding it as a success and others as a failure. Among the professionals, the consensus […]
NIC Opens Center for Bismayah Housing Project
The National Investment Commission (NIC) has opened a center for the Bismayah New City project at the Baghdad International Fair. It will receive citizens registered and wishing to register for housing units in the project for the three sizes of housing unit: 100 m², 120 m², and 140 m². NIC Chairman, Dr. Sami Raouf al-Araji […]
Iraqi Unemployment Falls to 16%
Iraq's Minister for Planning and Development Cooperation, Ali Yusuf Al Shukri, has announced unemployment in Iraq of about 16%, with a poverty rate of about 11%, according to Alsumaria TV. “Poverty and unemployment rates are decreasing in Iraq after Iraqi GDP improved and investment in constructions and services projects increased,” Shukri told the news agency, stressing […]
Negligent Companies to be Barred from Future Projects
Iraq's Minister for Planning and Development Cooperation, Ali Yusuf Al Shukri (pictured), has announced that the Planning Ministry is preparing a database of companies that are falling behind in service and construction projects. These companies, and their directors, will be barred from participation in future projects to be awarded by the Iraqi government. (Source: Alsumaria TV)
PM leads KRG Delegation to World Economic Forum in Istanbul
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani led a KRG delegation to the 2012 World Economic Forum in Istanbul on June 4 and 5. He also attended private meetings with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other senior Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglou. In their meeting, Prime Minister Erdoğan welcomed the KRG delegation and discussed […]
Cornerstone Laid for $36m Children's Hospital in Erbil
AKnews reports that Imad Ahmed, deputy for Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s prime minister, laid the foundation stone of the $36m Hiwa Hospital for Children on Tuesday evening. The 150-bed charity hospital will be constructed on 35,000 square meters and from KRG's budget, the KRG website reported. The hospital will cater for patients from the prenatal […]
Iran, Iraq Boost Cooperation in Energy Sector
Iraq and Iran have agreed to increase their cooperation in the oil, gas and refinery sectors. Iran's Fars News Agency reports that the Managing-Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), Ali Reza Zeiqami, said on Monday that Iran and Iraq had reached an agreement to expand cooperation in developing joint fields, […]
Iraq Tries Again to Buoy Dinar, Stem Dollar Flight
Reuters reports that Iraq’s central bank, struggling to stem an illicit tide of dollars into sanctions-bound Iran and Syria, has had some success in steadying its own dinar by pumping dollars to Iraqis through two state-run banks. Late last month the central bank allowed U.S. dollars to be sold at a fixed rate through two […]
Weekly Security Update for 6th June 2012
Conditions seemed relatively quiet in Iraq for most of last week until a co-ordinated spate of bombings hit the capital on 31 May. Otherwise, the total number of attacks recorded countrywide fell by almost half. At least 31 people were killed and 74 injured in nationwide incidents. Across the country a total of 21 bomb […]