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By John Lee. A British court has supported a decision by the trustees of a pension scheme to petition to have the scheme's sponsoring employers, Biwater, wound up. The decision could lead to the potential liquidation of Biwater, which has projects in Basra, and in Iraqi Kurdistan. As at 19th May 2023, Biwater owed the […]
By John Lee. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has awarded a contract for the rental of fully serviced interim accommodation and office facilities for UNAMI in Basra. It was awared to Sumer For Real Investments Ltd (doing business as Basra International Hotel), and will run for three years, from 1st August 2023 […]
By John Lee. In an effort to address the water scarcity crisis and expedite the implementation of a seawater desalination plant project in Basra province, the Iraqi Cabinet has made the following decisions: Amendment to Previous Decision: The Cabinet has revised the resolution made in 2021 under Cabinet Decision No. 315. Project Transfer: The Ministry […]
By John Lee. AAA Holding Group (AHG) has announced a doubling of capacity at its fertilizer plant at Khor al Zubair, in Basra governorate. The new line, producing di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer, will have a capacity of 500,000 tons per year, bringing total production at the plant to one million tons annually. Amet Selman, CEO […]
By John Lee. Mr. Hayan Abdul Ghani, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil, welcomed Mr. Ivan Romanovski, Lukoil's Vice President for the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East, along with the accompanying delegation, including Mr. Alexey Yakovlev, General Manager of Lukoil Middle East Limited, and the company's Baghdad office director. During the […]
By John Lee. Mr. Mohammed Jaafar Al-Sadr, the Iraq Ambassador to London, received Mr. Amet Selman, CEO of AAA Holding Group (AHG) and an investor in the phosphate fertilizer plant in Basra on Monday. During the meeting, Mr. Selman briefed the Ambassador about the company's activities in Iraq, particularly their partnership with the Ministry of […]
From Middle East Monitor, under a Creative Commons licence. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is in the grip of a severe water shortage which has left crop growers and food producers, such as Iraqi fish farmer, Qasem Karam, facing the […]
Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.'s (ICTSI) operation at the Port of Umm Qasr, recently welcomed the first direct freight service between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iraq. Operated by DP World, the service connects Jebel Ali in Dubai with Umm Qasr and potentially all of Iraq with what a press […]
By John Lee. Indian engineering firm SEPC Ltd. (formerly Shriram EPC) has announced that it has successfully completed the Integrated Al Qibla Project in Basra, Iraq, for $236 million. The scope of work involved engineering, supply, and installation of primary sanitary sewer system, storm sewer system, trunk sewer system with connected pumping station and road […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadel, held a meeting with TotalEnergies' Director for renewable energy affairs in Iraq, Mr. Khaled Al-Abdali, to discuss the company's procedures for the construction of a 1,000-megawatt solar power station at the Ratawi [Artawi] oil field in Basra. The meeting was attended by the Director General […]
Water complex rehabilitated by UNDP and USAID provides safe drinking water for over 30,000 people in Basra The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Government of Iraq have inaugurated the Al-Hussein water complex, bringing clean, potable water to more than 30,000 people in Hay Al-Hussein subdistrict and helping […]
By Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala in Al Khora, for The Guardian. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's oil boom blamed for worsening water crisis in drought-hit south Pollution from gas flaring - the burning of natural gas associated with […]
