Politician Injured in Rocket Attack
Iraqi politician Ayad Jamal ad-Din was injured in a rocket attack on his home earlier in the week. The weapon, believed to have been fired from southern Baghdad, slammed into his house in the normally quiet district of Jadriyah. He may be the latest victim of a string of attacks targeting politicians, mid-level ministry employees […]
GFC Re-Announce For The Tender Of Supplying 4000 Tons of Body Plate for L.P.G. Cylinder
Gas Filling Company -one of the Ministry of Oil companies –has the pleasure to re-announce for the tender of supplying (4000) tons of (Body plate for L.P.G cylinder) from origin ( Belgium or West Europe or Japan or America) as a part of capitalism budget of 2011, all manufacturer companies & their approved agents companies […]
NGC Announces New Tenders
North Gas Company announces the below tenders: -Automatic Instrument -Spare for SRU 4700 -Complete Z Configuration Skid -Spares of SRU Unit -Supply a complete refrigeration package Please click on the above links to obtain further information about every tender.
Rich Benefitting From Building Boom
The capital of Iraqi Kurdistan is seeing a building boom, as developments go up at around the same rate as real-estate prices rise. Despite all the construction, though, the average citizen still can’t afford their own home. At times Erbil resembles a building site. Construction sites, both residential and commercial, dot the cityscape. Yet the […]
Shell Expands Further in Iraq
Shell Global Solutions has signed an agreement with the South Refineries Company of Iraq for the provision of technology licenses to a refinery in Basra, Southern Iraq. Shell Global Solutions will provide a license for a sulphur recovery unit and visbreaker unit as part of the agreement. Together with the refinery expansion, these technologies will […]
Iraq Future Energy 2011
The Iraq Future Energy Conference will be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26th September to 29th September. There is a full programme to demonstrate how energy and infrastructure companies can take a piece of the projects worth tens of billions of US dollars. Attendees can learn about the Ministry of Oil's four-year plan ending in […]
Iran Shelling of Iraq to be Halted by Capitalism
Iraqi businessmen in Kurdistan, the northern region of Iraq, are contemplating a boycott on trade with Iran unless Iranian shelling of Kurdish territory does not cease, reports Aknews. Kurdistan can bring about significant trade pressure. The head of Kurdistan's Exports and Imports Union (KEIU), Mustafa Abdulrahman, estimates that trade exchange volume is US$3bn per year. He […]
Iraq to Benefit from Libyan War
With ports and pipelines blocked in Libya, North Africa, and civil war moving into its sixth month, Iraq is set to benefit, says The National. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that foreign oil companies in Syria are reporting business as usual, despite escalating violence. "Iraq is going to boom," Erin Miller Rankin, a construction and project lawyer in […]
Green Energy, Medicine and Education
A Turkish company's proposals for new schools, rebuilding infrastructure, more local energy and medical facilities is likely to be accepted by the local government in the region of Wasit, south-east of Baghdad, reports Aswat al-Iraq. I.F. Spor's plans include wind power and health projects such as a cancer treatment centre. Other redevelopment projects in the […]
Investors Consider Iraqi Debt
According to a report in the Financial Times, investors are turning their attention to Iraq’s debt. In 2004, after the US invasion of Iraq, the 'Paris Club' of 19 western creditors agreed to forgive roughly 80% of the $37.2bn owed to them. This deal was used as a template for resolutions with other creditors and […]
Rising Nationwide Demand Cuts KRG’s Petrol Supplies
As demand for petrol in central and southern Iraq rises to cope with power shortages, the amount of fuel allocated to Kurdistan from Baghdad has been reduced by almost 65%, according to AKnews. Erbil’s fuel distribution director, Nuraddin Hamed, told the agency that while Erbil used to receive 1,600 million liters of petrol from the […]
UNHCR to build Homes for Returning Refugees
AKnews reports that the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is currently constructing 1,000 new homes in Baghdad for Iraqi refugees abroad returning to their homeland, with further housing projects in the pipeline. The Iraqi Minister of Migration, Dindar Doski, told the news agency that the UNHCR’s housing projects came about after a call […]