By Robert Tollast, Iraq analyst with The Brecon Group. Standing on the Ziggurat, an impressive religious temple from the Sumerian period which was largely restored in the 1980s, you can still see solidified tar seeping out from the several thousand year old brickwork. In fact “qar” in the province’s name refers to tar that was […]
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11 New Factories Opened in Duhok in 2011
The chief of industrial development in Duhok has said that 11 new factories were opened in the province in 2011, up from seven 2010. According to the report from AKnews, an additional five factories were sanctioned last year but they are yet to open. All the factories are of private sector. There are 546 factories […]
Sweet Deals on 18 Govt Factories
By Editor on 11th August 2011 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq, Iraq Industry & Trade News, Tenders
In an effort to rebuild its ailing industrial sector, Iraq has relaunched a tender to rehabilitate 18 of its idle factories, for the second time this year, after failing to attract enough interest from foreign investors. Reuters quotes Abdul-Ghani Fakhri, director general of the investment department at the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, as saying […]
Iraq eyes non-oil investments
Iraq wants to form joint ventures with foreign investors to overhaul some 240 idle factories around the country