Upper Quartile to run Brochure Show in Iraq
This year, an innovative component will be a Catalog Show. Firms with little or no previous exposure in Iraq will have a low-cost, low-risk opportunity to gauge and build interest in your products and we are interested in having lots of participation—particularly from American companies.
Foreign Investments Include Agriculture
Foreign investments do not include only industrial and oil projects in Iraq. Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry is offering land to foreign investors in order to improve the agricultural sector in the country. ( Al SumariaTV )
Kuwait Airways Welcomes Meeting
Kuwait Airways welcomed meetings with Iraqi Airways' officials Tuesday, categorically denying any prior knowledge of an ongoing visit by an Iraqi delegation to Kuwait. The Kuwaiti national carrier made the welcome in a press release to KUNA to comment on a recent local news report suggesting that its officials had declined to meet their Iraqi […]
Artesian Wells for Waset
The General Committee of Groundwater Resources in the Water Resources Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has started a project to dig 65 artesian wells in Waset this year. The project costs between 15 and 18 million dinar per well, the committee said. Groundwater committee started the process needed to dig artesian wells in eastern […]
ISX Higher at 96.7
The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) index went up on Wednesday by 0.2% to close at 96.7 points. Thesession saw shares of 36 out of a total 82 electronically-registered firms exchanging hands. Shares of 13 companies went up, 15 down and eight retaining their previous rates as more than 4.824 billion shares were traded at 12.202 […]
Ministry has no Authority over Mobile Phones
Iraq’s Communications Ministry says it is not responsible for the performance of mobile phone companies. The Ministry doesn’t have authority to hold these companies accountable by virtue of the law stipulated by civil governor Paul Bremer in 2004. ( Al SumariaTV )
From the Basra Press
Dialogue between the Chair of the Supreme Islamic Council- Seid Al-Hakeem- and Mr. Ausama Al-Tekreety (the Chair of the Islamic Party), about the political allocations post the elections.
Agriculture Ministry Prevents Importing 5 Crops
The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to prevent importation of five kinds of vegetables to protect local produce according to the advisor to the agriculture minister. “The prevented crops include eggplant, pepper, okra and beans,” he explained. The prevention takes effect during the high production seasons. (Aswat Al Iraq)
International Agriculture Fair in April
The Ministry of Agriculture announced on Tuesday that it will organize its second annual agricultural fair next April in cooperation with the Ministry of Water Resources. Speaking at a press conference, attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency, the advisor of the Ministry of Agriculture, Faisal Rashied Nasser, said “the Ministry decided to hold the fair […]
11,000 Tons of Wheat Arrives in Karbala
Around 11 thousand tons of wheat arrived in Karbala province on Tuesday, said a member of the Karbala Provincial Council. “The wheat is imported from Australia,” Tareq al-Kheqani told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that flour will be distributed to people in Karbala within one week to push down an increase in flour prices […]
ArcelorMittal Plans Steel Plant in Kurish Iraq
The world's biggest steel maker ArcelorMittal said Tuesday it plans to build a 130-million-dollar steel plant in Kurdish northern Iraq in partnership with the Turkish company Dayen. ArcelorMittal "signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture with Turkish partner Dayen to build a steel mini-mill with electric furnace in Sulaimaniyah," a city in […]
Diala Co. Achieves Revenues of $3.7m
State-run Diala Company for Electrical Industries achieved revenues of around $3.7 million during Feb. 2010. This came in a release on Tuesday issued by Iraqi Industry Ministry and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.