The New Football Association and the Politics of Sport in Iraq
The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford and currently based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. The opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. […]
Iraqi Farmers to Focus on Marketing
As agriculture in Iraq grows and evolves, many farmers, packing house operators, wholesalers and food suppliers have questions about its future. They wonder whether produce will be sold in stalls or in supermarkets. They question the impact imported goods will have on Iraqi-raised products. To facilitate discussions about the future of agriculture in Iraq, the […]
New Tenders From MRC
Midland Refineries Company announces the below tenders: -83 items of spares for pumps. -8 items of spares for pumps. -11 items of spares for compressors. -44 items of spares for boiler feed pump. -7 items of spares for pumps. -20 items of spares for new river water diesel driven group. - 31 items of tools […]
NGC Announces A New Spares Tender
North Gas Company announces a new spares tender . Offer should be worked out on the basis of CIP Kirkuk, kindly state the following: -Unit Price -Delivery Date & offer validity (90 days) -Include bid bond (1%) of offer value valid for 90 days within technical-envelope otherwise be declined -Country of Origin -Port & country […]
SCOP Announces A New Design & Supply Of Tank Gauging System
The Oil Projects company (SCOP) announces the issuance of a new design & supply of tank gauging system & field instruments for K3 pumping station at Hadith. Tender documents may be collected (by an authorized representative of the tenderer ) at SCOP's headquarter in Baghdad against the payment of a non-refundable 250 000 (Two hundred fifty thousands). […]
New Automatic In-Line Lube Oil Blending Unit
Midland Refineries Co announces for purchasing of a new automatic in-line oil blending unit of 40 M3/HR Capacity. Technical and commercial offers to be submitted separately by DHL and all the offers that send by email will be refused. Closing Date is 4/7/2011 till 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Please click here to find all the tender's […]
Zain Iraq Planning Stock Market Launch
Zain's Iraq subsidiary is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Iraq Stock Exchange that will raise an estimated $80 million [96 billion Iraqi dinars] for a 20% stake, the Kuwait Arabic daily al-Qabas reports. As a condition of its operating licence, the company is required to list its shares on the Iraqi […]
New 4-Star Hotel for Sulaymaniya
Faruk Group Holding, a group of companies with a diversified range of interests including telecommunications, cement manufacturing, hotels, medical services, properties, construction and IT, recently announced the upcoming launch of the first international boutique hotel, Copthorne Hotel, Baranan in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The Copthorne Hotel Baranan is a four-star hotel located in the tourist district of […]
Iraqi Parliament Approves Japanese Loan
The Iraqi Parliament ratified two memoranda and two letters containing the Japanese loan to finance a number of electrical and water projects on Sunday. The loan is reportedly valued at 87.84 billion Japanese Yen [$1.1 billion, 1.3 trillion Iraqi dinars]. A statement, issued by the parliamentary media center, said that the loan is "to rebuild […]
Iraq Invites Tenders for 9 New Shopping Malls
Iraq's State Company for Shopping Centers / Ministry of Trade has invited national, Arab and foreign companies specialized in the design, construction and management of modern shopping malls to indicate their interest in investing in the estate lands mentioned in the table shown below: No. The Location and Type of the estates Details & Description […]
Shell 'Ready to Start' $12.5bn Gas Capture Project
Shell and Mitsubishi are preparing to begin a delayed $12.5 billion natural-gas project in Iraq, according to a report from Bloomberg. Vice president and country chairman Hans Nijkamp said in an interview published on the website of Energy Exchange, organizer of an Iraqi energy conference to be held in Istanbul in September: “Shell and Mitsubishi […]
'Stolen' Iraqi Funds Could Exceed $18 Billion
Osama al-Nujaifi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has told Al Jazeera that the amount of Iraqi money unaccounted for by the US is $18.7bn - three times more than the $6.6bn we reported last week. Al-Nujaifi is scheduled to visit the US soon and discuss the missing Iraqi billions. He said that he received a report […]