smaller industrial news...

[Ali - Iraq]

Diyala Co. contract with Austrian Co. to develop electricity power production
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -Diyal General Company for Electric Industries within the Ministry of Industry concluded a contract with an Austrian Company to produce new generations of optical cables.

The Detector Aide of the Company, Zaid Shakir Naser, pointed out “The Company seeks to establish new production lines such as the power transformer line type, (Stack core), also it signed a contact with Roosendaal Austrian Company to produce the modern generation of the optical cables to meet the needs of the Ministry of Telecommunications.”

Naser stressed “The increase of the production capacities of the Company during 2011 to reach 1803 MVA which equals 5500 power distribution transformer of different capacities if compared with 289 MVA during 2007.”

“Diyala Co. proceeded since 2007 to rehabilitate its old plants through making use of the financial allocations within the investment plans of those years to develop the production energy and increase the financial returns,” he added.

[sheytanElKebir]

Iraq is planning on building a new grass roots FerroSilicon factory in Western Anbar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrosilicon

http://www.meed.com/iraq-plans-new-s...154311.article

[sheytanElKebir]

Our company just won a new "contract" in Iraq.

However the funny thing is that the ministry in question has stipulated that the products we use on this project must be of "European, USA, Japanese" origin only!! Quite astonishing that they would accept a product made in Moldova but not a product made in South Korea or Canada or Australia!

That is only the first of the issues... many of the components upon inspection of the Bill of Materials I found could be manufactured locally in Iraq... however the Ministry DOES NOT ACCEPT Iraqi made parts... it has to be "european, USA, Japanese".

so with such complete and utter RETARDATION in the simplest of tender specifications, how on earth do they intend to develop both Iraq's small to medium industry as well as have competitive infrastructure when products from advanced countries are automatically excluded from tendering!! mind boggling.

[Al-Hashimi]

They probably also wanted a share of the income.....

Embarrassing really. What do they gain by this madness? One would have thought that Iraq was not their prime interest but their own pockets...

[Ali - Iraq]

Iraqi Ministry of Industry calls Iranian companies to take part in rebuilding Iraq

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Administrative Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Industry, Macki Ajeeb, discussed with the Iranian Undersecretary Minister of Defense for Electronics, Hussein Baqiri, prospects of mutual cooperation between both countries to develop the industrial sector of Iraq.

A statement by the Ministry mentioned that “Ajeeb called during the meeting the Iranian companies to actively take part in the process of rehabilitating the industrial companies associated to the Ministry and the importance of making use of the available investment opportunities in the Ministry.”

Baqiri called the “Iraqi Ministry’s companies to visit Iran to inspect the industrial development there where he expressed his country’s readiness to cooperate with Iraq in developing the industrial sector in Iraq.”

“Both sides agreed to hold other meetings to agree upon a joint mechanism between the two parties in this regard,” the statement concluded.

[Ali - Iraq]

2013 federal budget to include loans for industrialists, says MP

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -MP Abdul Hussein Abtan, member of the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee, announced that 2013 federal budget will include loans for the industrialists with low benefits.

Abtan stated to IraqiNews.com that “The Iraqi Government submitted a proposal with 2013 budget to offer loans to the industrialists with low benefits in order to address the problems faced by the industrial sector in the country.”

“The industrial sector needs such projects because it needs money and support after the embargo imposed on the country during the former regime,” he added.

It is worth mentioning that the industrial sector in Iraq suffers from clear negligence by the Government due to lack of support and its reliance after 2013 only on the external import which overfills the local markets.

[Ali - Iraq]

Italians May Build Brick Factory in Najaf
Posted on 19 December 2012. Tags: bricks, Dand Group, Italy, Najaf

By John Lee.
Several Italian companies expressed willingness to invest in Najaf, reports AIN.
According to the report, Dand Group and consortium of Italian companies are interested in building a brick factory in the province.
The head of Najaf Investment Commission, Wafi al-Bahash, told the news agency:
“This industrial offer deserves to be studied .. the Italian side to present a written explanation about the economic and technical feasibility of the project.“

[Ali - Iraq]

IFC helps in renovating cement factory in Karbala
12/27/2012 3:50 PM

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: International Finance Coporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $70m loan to help renovate a cement factory in Iraq, part of an effort to support the local building sector and aid in the country's reconstruction.
The financing will allow Kerbala Cement Manufacturing (KCML), a subsidiary of France's Lafarge, to rehabilitate a state-owned plant near the city of Kerbala.
KCML will undertake the work under a concession agreement with the government of Iraq.
The financing is expected to help bolster Iraq's construction sector, a key source of jobs, and support rebuilding efforts in the country, which is in dire need of infrastructure following years of conflict.

"This financing will help address the cement shortage that Iraq is facing and help the country meet supply gaps in its infrastructure," said Guy Ellena, IFC Director for Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services in Eastern and Southern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

"It will also play a catalytic role in attracting other foreign investors to Iraq."
KCML is a joint venture between Lafarge and Merchant Bridge, a London-based private equity group.

The financing is being supplemented by a $20m loan from Proparco, a development financial institution funded by the French Development Agency and private shareholders.
IFC and Proparco will work with KCML to implement an environmental and social strategy, helping align the company with international standards for sustainability.

The initiative is part of IFC's efforts to support the development of Iraq's private sector.
Over the past two years IFC committed about $500m in the country, including $245m in mobilization.

(TS)



Number of Reads: 2138
Print version

[Ali - Iraq]

CoM grants investment license to Indian Co.

Added by Baghdad Iraq on January 22, 2013.
Saved under Featured
Share this article!
FacebookTwitterGoogle1Email



Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Cabinet Affairs Directorate within the Secretariat General announced the consent of the Council of Ministers to the National Commission of Investment to grant investment license for an Indian Company to establish a factory to produce welded iron pipes in Basra province.The Secretariat General reported in statement received by IraqiNews.com that ”The consent of the Cabinet based on the article (7) of investment law of 2006, ” pointing out that ”The gross cost of the project reaches USD (450) million.””The Investment National Commission submitted the project to the Cabinet and obtained the consent during second regular session of 2013 according to the resolution no. (21) of 2013,” the statement added. \



Read more: http://www.iraqinews.com/features/co...#ixzz2Ik0ythUG
Follow us: @IraqiNews_com on Twitter | IraqNews on Facebook

[Ali - Iraq]

Indian Company to Build Pipe Factory in Basra
Posted on 25 January 2013. Tags: Basra, india, National Investment Commission, NIC, Welspun

By John Lee.
The National Investment Commission (NIC) has awarded India’s Welspun Corporation an investment licence to establish a factory for the production of iron welded pipes in Basra province.
A press release from the Council of Ministers says that the cost of the project is $450 million [dinar?].

[alshawi1234]

it's $450 million dollars.

[sheytanElKebir]

State Company Cotton Industries announces on new supplying contracts modernizes Western production lines origin



Translate: Alaa Abass – Mohammed Sabah

By: Nasir Abid Wayis

Engineer Abdul Ameer Sabri Khadom State Company Cotton Industries General Directors one of the Ministry of Industry Minerals General Directors announced that the company concluded contracts with the Ministry of Health to supply with medical materials such as medical cotton lawn bj plaster while the company also concluded a contract with the Ministry of Defense to supply with tents at (180 400 Pound) weight. In a statement to MIM inmation bureau on the sidelines the typical fair which held by the Ministry from (24-27 December 2012) that the company productions were produced according to international specifiions stating that the company has (4) plants in Baghdad Provinces such as Spinning Sewing Plant in Baghdad Tents Sewing Plant Medical Production Plant (Anna) Sewing Plant at Al Anbar Province which these plants were specialized in supplying all State Ministries with its products. Mr. Khadom stressed that the company future plan is to sign a contract with Austrian Company to built (Anna) new plant to produce plastic bags at (24) million bags per year at a total value of (8) billion I.D. also the company has another project in Baghdad such as (non textile clothes project) at a total value of (3) billion I.D.. The G.D. reported that the company has contracts with both Ministries of Defense Interior to supply with the company products.

[Ali - Iraq]

Project aims to boost Anbar's fish industry
2013-01-31 By Saif Ahmad in Anbar

A boy sells fish at a market in Baghdad. [Mahmoud al-Mulhim/Mawtani]

+ COMMENT NOW
In a bid to develop Iraq's fishing industry, the Anbar provincial council on Monday (January 28th) opened a scientific laboratory, a research and development centre and four large fish farms.

RELATED ARTICLES
Iraqi Independent Women’s Group Holds First Women’s Conference in Al-Anbar
Anbar to rebuild four bridges destroyed by al-Qaeda
Iraq inaugurates three new bridges over the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Qualitative Leap for Iraqi Army in the First Half of this Year
The laboratory is in the city of Ramadi, while the fish farms are in Heet, Fallujah, al-Qaim and Ramadi, officials said.

These projects were launched in co-operation with the Agricultural Department and other government agencies, Anbar provincial council deputy chairman Saadoun Obaid al-Shaalan told Mawtani.

The laboratory will be used to study the life cycles of fish, conduct periodic testing and provide diagnosis and treatment for diseases that afflict fish, he said.

The research centre is studying and evaluating the fish industry and looking for ways to increase the types and quantity of fish, he said.

It also is supporting fish farm owners in Anbar through the introduction of modern methods, thereby boosting the industry and helping the country's economy.

Additionally, the centre will offer advice, instruction and information to Anbar fish farmers on how to raise various types of fish, prevent diseases and increase the varieties, he said.

"The scientific laboratory will focus on studying the fish, meeting the needs of fish farm owners and fishermen by providing treatment for their fish," Lateef Mahmoud, director of the fish laboratory in Ramadi, told Mawtani.

The lab also will seek ways to conserve species threatened with extinction, he said, in addition to setting up teams that will pay regular visits to fish farms in Anbar.

A VITAL INDUSTRY
"The fish industry requires more support from the governments of Baghdad and Anbar, particularly in increasing the number of fish farms, backing farm owners and banning unlicensed fishing," Mahmoud said.

Other areas that need to be addressed include the trespassing of water surfaces in the Euphrates River and the two lakes of al-Habbaniyah and al-Tharthar, as well as the future construction of major developmental projects, he said.

"Fish wealth has become an essential artery in the economies of all countries and a major source of vitamin-rich food , which makes it imperative to build projects that support and develop this industry in Anbar," Soufouk al-Nuaimi, director of the Fish Research Centre in Anbar, told Mawtani,

"The rise in water levels of the Euphrates River during this winter season and heavy rainfall will be important factors behind the growth and increase in the numbers of fish," al-Nuaimi said.

"The reproduction season is near, which is why it was necessary to launch and open these projects, such as the laboratory, the research centre, the hatching farms and the man-made fish farms," he said.

A committee composed of Anbar University scientists completed a study on production methods and ways to maintain a healthy level of fish population, he said.

The group identified steps to be followed in marketing and selling that would keep the fish population from becoming depleted, he added.

"Boosting the fish industry will contribute towards strengthening the Iraqi economy, which consumes thousands of tonnes of fish daily," al-Nuaimi said. "This requires massive projects to lower [reliance on] the quantities of imported fish, while working on exporting quantities of fish from Iraq to external markets to create financial revenues for the state and the local companies.

[Ali - Iraq]

وزارة الصناعة : صناعة السمنت تتدهور بسبب إغراق الأسواق المحلية بالمنتج الاجنبي
03 February, 2013 05:46:00
حجم الخط:


ذكرت وزارة الصناعة ان صناعة السمنت قد تدهورت بسبب إغراق الأسواق المحلية بالمنتج الاجنبي الذي يفتقر الى الجودة العالية مقارنة بالاسمنت العراقي .
وافادت وزارة الصناعة إن السيطرة النوعية في العراق غير موجودة جراء المنافذ الحدودية غير المنضبطة ما يؤدي إلى دخول الكثير من السمنت غير المطابق للمواصفات العراقية إلى الأسواق المحلية. واضافت الوزارة ان الكثير من المنتجات الصناعية العراقية تجد منافسة قوية من المنتجات الأجنبية، ومنها السمنت العراقي على الرغم من جودته، وطالبت الوزارالحكومة العراقية بتفعيل قانون حماية المنتج المحلي الذي تم إقراره من قبل البرلمان لحماية الصناعة الوطنية.

[Ali - Iraq]

Iraq signs contract with Turkish company to re-open steel plants
2013-02-05
The Iraqi Ministry of Industry said Tuesday (February 5th) it signed a final contract with Turkey's UB Holding for the latter to begin operating strategic iron and steel plants in Basra province that have been closed for a decade.

The $700 million contract stipulates that the Turkish company will begin operating Basra's shuttered steel plants and start production processes to meet local market needs for steel, according to a statement issued by the ministry and obtained by Al-Shorfa.

The statement said that under the agreement, the Turkish company will supply the plants with new machines and equipment and create new production lines that will produce 440,000 tonnes of steel a year.

The project is slated to be finished within three years from the beginning of next month, it said.

[alshawi1234]

^ $700million isn't exactly small.


This was discussed several months back it seems they just signed the contract.

[Ali - Iraq]

Work starts on environment-friendly industrial city south of Baghdad
he Baghdad Investment Commission said Tuesday (February 26th) that construction has begun on a $238 million environmentally-friendly industrial city south of Baghdad.

RELATED ARTICLES
Iraq signs contract to build power plant north of Baghdad
Baghdad requests Kuwaiti port work suspension
Amanat Baghdad begins investment projects worth $515 million
Abu Dhabi spends $66 billion on Iraq reconstruction
To help preserve the environment in the capital, industrial plants and facilities sprinkled across Baghdad are slated to move to the new city.

Commission head Shaker al-Zameli told Al-Shorfa local Iraqi companies have cleaned up and prepared the area, which stretches 60,000 square metres, and that the new city's foundations are now being laid.

The city will include industrial plants, shops, workshops and warehouses, as well as loading and unloading areas, a health centre, a first aid unit, a security centre and a production control unit, he said.

"The new city will be environment-friendly because of the rules, controls and world-class modern designs established for its construction, which is expected to finish by the end of next year," he said.

[sheytanElKebir]

is the above item referring to nahrawan industrial city? or some other one?

[Euphrates]

Is nahrawan south of Baghdad ?

..If so, then it probably is.

[Herzeleid]

Kurdish government officials visit Kibbutz Afikim to tap into Israeli expertise in production of dairy products. Israeli delegation to travel to Iraqi Kurdistan in bid to implement plan

Ofer Petersburg
Published: 02.28.13

It sounds like an imaginary story, but the plan is already in action: Kibbutz Afikim in the Jordan Valley is planning to set up an Israeli dairy farm in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, with the hopes that Baghdad's residents will get to enjoy its products in the future.

The project is currently taking place under a veil of secrecy. Yedioth Ahronoth has learned that a delegation led by Kurdistan's agriculture minister and vice president visited the offices of AfiMilk in the kibbutz recently.

The two officials expressed their interest in purchasing an advanced milking facility and receiving professional support in a bid to build a dairy farm in northern Iraq according to the successful Israeli model.

link for the rest of the article
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...349152,00.html