'Expert' Challenges Iraq's Oil Targets
The Iraqi Oil Ministry is "optimistic" if it expects that Iraq is going to produce 12 million barrels per day in 2016, an Iraqi expert said on Monday. “It is a sort of optimism to think that Iraq could reach an oil production level of 12m barrels a day in six years,” Nazar Ahmed told […]
Work Starts on $5m Kirkuk Bridge
Work has started on a bridge a linking Kirkuk to Mosul at a total cost of 6 billion Iraqi dinars [$5m], as part the Provincial Development Budget (PDB) for the year 2010, a local official in Kirkuk told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The Sadr al-al-Nahr bridge will link Mosul to Kirkuk in the district of […]
British Trade Delegation Visits Erbil
The President of the Kurdistan Chamber of Commerce announced the arrival of the British trade delegation headed by the President of the British Business Council in Iraq, to strengthen ties between Kurdistan and Britain. Dara Jalil Khayat told AKnews that the purpose of the visit is to develop business relations between Britain and Kurdistan “in […]
Erbil Shows Baghdad Path Out of Political Impasse
By Eugen Iladi. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The inability of Iraqi political elites to form a government more than six months after the March elections is hardly surprising given the fragmented poll results and deep divisions separating top leaders. […]
$25m More for Diyala Road Upgrade
The Iraqi Council of Ministers has decided to increase the amount allocated to develope the Khaliss-Idhaim road by ID31 billion [$25.8m], bringing the total cost of ID40 billion [$33.3m], accordign to Aswat al-Iraq. “This road is both important and strategic because it links the mid and northern provinces of Iraq,” Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured), the […]
Redenomination an unlikely priority for the CBI
Earlier this month it was reported that the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) might redenominate the Iraqi dinar after the new government is formed, exchanging one new dinar for 1,000 old. (For more on this story, see https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2010/09/14/central-bank-wants-to-drop-zeros-from-iraqi-dinar/.) While such a redenomination would obviously help to simplify transactions and record keeping, it is not clear […]
Najaf's Urban Renewal is Underway
The Iraqi Minister of Municipalities, Riad Ghareeb, and the governor of Najaf, Adnan Al-Zurfi, have announced the start of the urban renewal project of the old city. Riad Ghareeb told Aknews during his meeting with al-Zurfi and some members of the executing company, "the renewal project for the old city center of Najaf has been […]
U.S. Firm in Talks to Build 400MW Power Plant in Kirkuk
U.S. energy firm ContourGlobal is in talks with the authorities in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk regarding the construction of a 400-megawatt power plant, according to a report from Azzaman. Governor Abdulrahman Mostefa was quoted as saying that the plant would not be part of the country’s national grid as it wpuld be used exclusively […]
Iraqi Investment Forum in Bahrain
The investment outlook in Iraq will be probed at a key summit in Bahrain. In its ongoing commitment to provide intelligent market analysis for the region in a frank and open forum, Economist Conferences, part of The Economist Group, will host the Iraq Business and Investment Summit. It will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain, […]
Egyptian Firms Claim Under Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
Egyptian private- and public-sector officials have criticized the Foreign Ministry's seeming disregard for demands by the Trade Ministry’s Trade Representation Agency for US$1.1billion in compensation to be paid out to Egyptian companies and workers in Iraq as part of the UN's longstanding Oil-for-Food Program, according to a report in Al-Masry Al-Youm. Egyptian companies operating in […]
Privatisation is the Way Forward
An Iraqi economic expert said on Thursday that the Iraqi government should embark on a privatization program to improve the state of industry in the country. Fadhel Al-Moussawi told AKnews, "The Iraqi government has not been successful in improving the country's industrial conditions in the past several years due to the reluctance and lack of […]
Designs Completed for Airport in Maysan
A group of Swiss and Russian firms have completed the designs of a civil airport in Amara city, Maysan province, according to a report in Aswat al-Iraq. “The airport will be like others constructed by the group in Kazakhstan, Brazil, and Libya,” a source from the group told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Thursday. He […]