By John Lee. Under the guidance of the Iraqi Prime Minister, H.E. Dr. Adel Abdul Mahdi, the patronage of the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, H.E. Dr. Luay al-Khatteeb and in continuation of their dedicated efforts to strengthen Iraq’s power sector, Mass Energy Group Holding (MGH) and GE Power signed a new agreement that will help […]
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NATO Secretary General visits Iraq
NATO Secretary General visits Iraq, praises Allied trainers and Iraqi forces Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg began an official visit to Iraq on Monday (5 March 2018), paying a visit to NATO’s training facilities in Besmaya. For over a year, NATO has conducted training and capacity building activities for hundreds of Iraqi security forces, helping them […]
Baghdad Power Plant Starts Operations
By John Lee. GE and Mass Group Holding (MGH) have successfully commenced simple cycle commercial operations of four advanced GE 9F gas turbines under phase I of the Ministry of Electricity’s (MOE) Baghdad Power Plant in Besmaya [Bismaya]. Located about 40 kilometers from Baghdad, the facility is the first one in the country outside the […]
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More Iraq Business for SOS Int’l
By John Lee. SOS International (SOSi) of, Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $100-million firm-fixed-price incrementally funded contract with options for base life support, Camp Taji, Iraq. Work will be performed in Iraq with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2018. One bid was solicited with one received. The company has previously been involved […]
New Iraqi Budget Deepens Housing Crisis
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The strenuous efforts exerted to handle the housing crisis were quickly rendered useless when the ratified 2013 general budget did away with the allocations for the housing fund, which was to […]