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Chinese Firm Eyes Iraqi Commodity Resources

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired a meeting of the Industrial Coordination Council on Monday, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdulghani Al-Sawad, along with several ministers, advisors, business leaders, and representatives of local and foreign companies partnering with the private sector. The […]

First Sulphur Shipment from Halfaya Field

By John Lee. Missan Oil Company has successfully transported its first sulphur shipment, weighing 80 tons, from the Halfaya oil field to its sulfur storage facilities located north of the Bazargan field. Hussein Kazem Laibi, Director-General of Missan Oil Company, explained that the Halfaya field produces around 20 tons of sulphur daily via its Sulphur […]

Iraq Plans Investment in Sulphur and Phosphate

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the development of Iraq's sulphur and phosphate industries. Attendees included the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, the Ministers of Oil, Finance, Industry and Minerals, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). The meeting focused on optimising the […]

Iraq Approves Revival of Sulphur Production Lines

By John Lee. Iraq's High Committee for Reconstruction and Investment has decided to refer the project for rehabilitating the sulphur [sulfur] production line at Al-Mishraq to Rafidain Iraq General Trading and Contracting Company. This project is expected to achieve a production capacity of 1.5 million tons of refined sulfur annually, which is a crucial material […]

Iraqi PM chairs meeting of Reconstruction and Investment Cmte

By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has led the fifth meeting of the High Committee for Reconstruction and Investment, at which several housing projects were approved in various provinces. During the meeting, authorization was granted to the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Municipalities to negotiate with the executing company for the Housing […]

Iraqi PM Welcomes Chinese Investment in Industrial Projects

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani met with Zhang Jiming, the CEO of China's Changxin Company [Shanxi Changxin?], and accompanying delegation. The Prime Minister highlighted Iraq's abundant investment opportunities during the meeting, expressing the government's commitment to providing necessary facilitations for major international companies. Shang Xin Corporation, a prominent Chinese company with global […]

First Export of Iraqi Sulfur

By John Lee. Iraq's General Customs Authority has announced that Iraq has made its first export of sulfur (sulphur). The 4,540-ton shipment was sent by ship to India earlier this week. Sulfur is used in many applications including fertilisers and pharmaceuticals. (Source: Ministry of Finance)

Gazprom Neft starts shipping Sulphur from Badra

Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazpromneft-Badra has begun shipping granulated sulphur from its Badra oilfield in Iraq β€” the unique gas infrastructure installed by the enterprise here having made it possible not just to diversify production, but also increase associated petroleum gas (APG) utilisation to 98 percent. The pilot consignment, delivered by order of Iraqi client β€œArd […]

New Investment Opportunities in Iraq

By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC) has announced new investment opportunities in Iraq: Textile and leather plants, State Company for Textile and Leather Industries Sulfur production, Mishraq Sulfur State Company Production of ethylene and high-densite polyethylene (HDPE), State Company for Petrochemical Industries Dextrin and starch production, State Company for Food Products Al-Qadisiya Brick […]

6 New Investment Opportunities in Iraq

By John Lee. The National Investment Commission (NIC) has announced six new investment opportunities in Iraq: Starch and Dextrin production, General Company for Food Products Sulphur/Sulfur production, Mishraq Sulphur Company (Source: National Investment Commission) (Picture: Business opportunity word cloud, from ibreakstock/Shutterstock)

Special Forces 1 Mile from Mosul; 772 Terrorists Killed

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Friday afternoon that Special Forces from the elite "Golden Division" (Counter Terrorism Services, CTS) have advanced to the town of Tob Zawa, and are now one mile from Mosul. This is despite a desperate attempt by Daesh to slow progress by setting fire to the Mishraq Sulphur Plant. […]

Oil Fires Burn South of Mosul

Combined Joint Task Force – Inherent Resolve is assessing the potential risk to personnel at Camp Swift and Qayyarah West Airfield, located about 50 miles south of Mosul, as a result of nearby burning oil wells and a sulfur plant fire. The coalition has taken air samples and analysis is ongoing to determine what, if […]