By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Pipelines Company has rehabilitated the six-inch fuel oil pipeline extending from the "June 1" depot to the Kirkuk Cement Plant in Lilan, southeast of Kirkuk. According to a statement from the Ministry of Oil, the pipeline, inactive for over three years, is now fully operational. Ali Abdul Kareem Al-Moussawi, […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approved recommendations from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals (Industrial Development and Regulation Directorate) to impose an additional customs tariff of 50 percent on imported paper bags used for packaging cement. The new measure will come into force after 120 days, and run for four years, during which […]
By John Lee. The General Company for Iraqi Cement, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, reported a 22-percent increase in production in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period in 2023. Director General Haider Hadi Ali stated the company produced 2,356,975 tons of cement across its plants […]
By John Lee. The General Company for Iraqi Cement, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, has announced that the Basra Cement Plant has achieved its design capacity with an annual production of 600,000 tons. According to a statement from the Ministry of Industry, the plant has the ability to increase its capacity […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Commission of Integrity has arrested the General Manager of the Iraqi Cement Company and the director of a private company on charges of bribery. The arrests followed a tip-off from an investor who claimed to be a victim of extortion, having been asked for a sum of $500,000 in exchange for […]
By John Lee. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is investing in Al-Douh Iraqi Company for Cement Industries ("Al Douh"), a leading cement manufacturer and part of Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group (RICG). According to a statement from the IFC, the decision was made to help boost economic diversification and spur […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals, Dr. Khaled Batal Al-Najm, has ordered the doubling of cement production to meet the rising demand for essential construction materials. According to a statement from the Ministry, this surge in demand is driven by ongoing infrastructure projects and the government's plan to build fully serviced residential […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani commended the signing of a partnership agreement between the private Iraqi company Al-Diyar Al-Iraqia and the Saudi Northern Region Cement Company, marking the first collaboration between the private sectors of Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the field of cement. The event took place during the reception of […]
By John Lee. The Saudi company Northern Region Cement has signed a contract with Germany's KHD to build a cement production line in Iraq. According to a statement to the Saudi Stock Exchange, the new plant will have an annual capacity of 1.32 million tons of cement, and the project should be completed within 16 […]
By John Lee. Sama Samawa Industries has announced plans to build a cement factory in Muthanna Governorate, southern Iraq. According to Shafaq News Agency, the factory aims to produce various types of cement, with a daily production capacity of 7,000 tons and an annual output of two million tons. Sinoma International Engineering, a Chinese company […]
By John Lee. KRG Prime Minister Barzani has laid the foundation for the Dabeen Cement Factory in Safeen. Full statement from KRG Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, at the opening of the plant: On Thursday June 22, 2023, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) attended the foundation stone laying ceremony of the […]
By John Lee. Pakistan's Lucky Cement Limited has announced a major expansion of its plant in Samawah, Iraq. In a statement to the Pakistan Stock Market today (Thursday), the company said it will add a new clinker production line with a capacity of 1.82 million tons per annum (MTPA). The Najmat-Al-Samawah (NAS) facility is a […]
