By John Lee. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has awarded a contract for the rehabilitation of 42 category III housing units in Sinjar District, Ninewa Governorate. The contract has been awarded to Alshiaar Company for Trading and General Contracting Ltd., with a value of $531,610. (Source: UNOPS)
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Controls its Northern Exports, but Ankara Sets the Timetable While Baghdad appears to have won the fight over who controls crude oil pumped in Iraqi Kurdistan, it has not won control over […]
By John Lee. Two new seed purification and processing lines have been inaugurated at the Ahlelah facility in Nineveh province, raising total production capacity at the site to 30 tonnes per hour. Each line has a capacity of 10 tonnes per hour. The project was implemented by the emergency loan project team of the World […]
By John Lee. Electronic applications for loans from the Iraqi Housing Fund are to open on 23 August for a four-day period, with each day allocated to a different group of governorates. Applications open at 10am on the day assigned to each governorate. According to the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Public Municipalities, the schedule […]
By John Lee. A clothing factory in Mosul has reopened following rehabilitation and a return to full production. The Waladi clothing workshop, part of the Ready-Made Garments Factory in Mosul and affiliated with the General Company for Textile and Leather Industries, was refurbished with funding from Germany's KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, German Development Bank) and […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Planning has held a joint meeting with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss the development plan for Sinjar district in Nineveh governorate. According to the Ministry of Planning, the meeting covered the economic and developmental aspects of the Sinjar plan, and the process by which the Ministry […]
By John Lee. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the Uptime Institute and the Governorate of Nineveh to advance the region's digital infrastructure and support Iraq's national digital agenda. According to a press release published by Business Wire, the agreement was signed on 17th July at the U.S.-Iraq Business Summit, held at […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has met with representatives of the Iraqi Christian diaspora and Iraqi-American business figures from Michigan at the start of his visit to Washington DC. According to the Prime Minister's Office, discussions covered the situation of the Iraqi diaspora community and prospects for increasing their participation in investment and […]
By John Lee. According to the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), the opening of Mosul International Airport has been delayed due to several outstanding technical and operational requirements. The authority said it continues to monitor the project through regular field visits by technical teams and coordination with the Nineveh provincial administration and other relevant parties […]
By John Lee. According to the Ministry of Electricity, current electricity generation has reached around 22,000 megawatts, with governorate allocations calculated based on net generation after accounting for exemptions including government hospitals, water stations, losses, loads and auxiliary equipment. The ministry said allocations are distributed according to approved percentages set by the Higher Coordination Committee […]
By Simon Watkins for OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Clock Is Ticking Down To Iraq's Economic Disaster On 27 July OPEC's second-largest oil producer, Iraq, has less than two months before it loses the key means to export its […]
By John Lee. The Mishraq Sulphur State Company, a subsidiary of Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals, has signed a partnership agreement with a private Iraqi company to develop an integrated industrial project for refined sulphur production at the Al-Lazzaka 2 field [Al-Lazakah, Allizaqa] field [in Nineveh Governorate], with an initial production capacity of one […]
