By John Lee. The Iraqi Prime Minister has ordered a consultative meeting to be held between the Ministry of Electricity and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers regarding the Al-Khairat Thermal Power Plant. According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the focus of the meeting is on resolving financing issues related […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani chaired a meeting on the delayed Al-Khairat Thermal Power Plant project in Karbala, attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Iraq and representatives from the executing companies, Harlow International and CITIC, as well as officials from the Ministries of Electricity and Oil. The Prime Minister granted the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Eng. Ziyad Ali Fadhil, chaired a technical meeting with Harlow International and China's SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation [SEPCO3, Shandong Electric Power Construction No. 3], the developers and funders of the giant Al-Khairat Steam Power Plant project in Karbala Province. A Ministry statement said the plant, with a […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has officially opened 790 model schools across Iraq via video conference, part of the 1,000-school project under the China-Iraq agreement. With modern designs, these schools aim to reduce overcrowding and eliminate triple-year classes. The remaining 210 schools are expected to be completed within two months. Contracts for […]
By Namo Abdulla, for VOA News. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Questions Arise as China Constructs Thousands of Schools in Iraq It's been more than five years since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State terror group, yet much of Iraq […]
By John Lee. Following the recent visit of the Prime Minister to Basra, the Iraqi Cabinet has decided to authorise the Basra Governor to negotiate and sign the framework agreement with the coalition of companies executing the desalination project in the province. According to a statement from the Media Office of the Prime Minister, this […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has laid the foundation stone for the project to build 1,000 schools across Iraq. The schools will be built with support from the People's Republic of China.. Contracts for the project were signed last December with the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) and Sinotech. (Source: Media Office […]
By John Lee. Work has started on the construction of 40 new schools in Najaf, as part of the Chinese-funded plan to build 1,000 schools across the country. The schools will be built by the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina). The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Education and the Governor […]
By John Lee. Iraq was the largest beneficiary from China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2021, according to a study by the Green Finance & Development Center, at Shanghai's Fudan University. It says the country with the highest construction volume was Iraq, with about $10.5 billion, followed by Serbia (about $6.8 billion) and Indonesia […]
By John Lee. A ceremony was held on Thursday to sign fifteen contracts with Chinese companies to build 1,000 school buildings in various parts of Iraq. The Chinese side was represented by the Vice President of the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), Mr. Li Daze, whose company will build 679 school buildings, and by […]
By John Lee. Iraq has signed an "agreement of principles" with state-owned PowerChina (Power Construction Corporation of China) to build a 2,000-MW solar power station. The Director General of the Investments and Contracts Department at the Ministry of Electricity, Mrs. Maha Hamoudi Abdul-Jabbar, signed on behalf of the Iraqi side, while the Deputy General Manager […]
By John Lee. At its regular meeting on Tuesday, the Iraqi Cabinet agreed to send an invitation, "in a single bid manner", to the French company Total to invest in a project to generate 1,000 megawatts of solar electric power. The project was originally agreed in March as part of a larger engagement with the […]
