Health
The Siemens Healthcare Sector, one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics and medical information technology, announced today a contract win of $69m to supply state-of-the-art diagnostics imaging equipment to all Ministry of Health hospitals across Iraq.
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“House building across the country creates far reaching opportunities for local and internal firms in Iraq”
Iraq Construction
From the Eye On Iraq: The Mayor of Baghdad, Sabir al-Issawi, has revealed a five-year plan to build 300,000 housing units in the city. According to al-Issawi, the country is talking with a wide variety of developers from across the world who are interested in investing in the country’s real estate market. The Iraqi government has identified the need for more than 1.5 million residential units countrywide.
A New Zealand construction firm, Atconz Real Estate Development, said Iraq is one of the most exciting emerging markets at present, and is about to start work on a $100 million project to build 1,565 residential units in a suburb of Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish region.
Al Mmalweyya
Lebanese Chargé d’affaires in Iraq, Hazza Sharif that most tourist companies and Lebanese economic centers areseeking to resume its work and opening branches in the capital Baghdad this year.
Sharif said “many economic and tourism Lebanese projects are done in Iraq, especially in Erbil in Kurdistan Region, such as banks, hotels, most of them seeking to return to Baghdad.”
Sharif said that his country welcomes the signing of economic and cultural agreements , in the development of bilateral relations between the two countries, stressing that this is in the interest of both parties.
Iraq has witnessed a marked development in its relations with Arab and foreign countries , under upgrading of diplomatic representation in Baghdad, as well as the invitation of the Government of all investment companies to enter the Iraqi market.
lufthansa
German airline Lufthansa on last week signaled its confidence in Iraq’s economic recovery when it became the first major European or US carrier in 20 years to announce the resumption of scheduled flights to Baghdad.
Europe’s largest airline said it was planning to fly to the Iraqi capital from Frankfurt and Munich some time this summer, hoping to profit from rising demand for such a service from European, American, and Iraqi business people…… Read the rest of this entry »
The I.T.P.C one of the M.O.C forms signed contract licenses using modern and developed network fiber optical cable with one of the specialized Iraqi companies in communications and internet ( Afig AL- SAMA for communications & internet ) company .This network will link Iraq with other countries via Turkey. Read the rest of this entry »
Iraq aims to install four new floating oil terminals and three new undersea oil pipelines that will boost export capacity to 8 million barrels per day from a current 1.9 million bpd, a top oil official said.
Dhiya Jaafar, current chief of Iraq’s South Oil Company (SOC), which oversees the bulk of exports from the country’s vast oil reserves, on Wednesday told reporters work should be completed on the new terminals and pipelines in the second half of 2011. “There is a plan ready and it is under execution to establish four floating platforms and three new undersea pipes and we aim to finish this work in the second half of 2011,” he said, adding this would boost capacity to 8 million bpd. Read the rest of this entry »
Iraq Port
An Iraqi transport ministry delegation is discussing in Rome a project to build a giant port on the coast of the Arabian Gulf.
Iraq, which has a Arabian Gulf coastline of less than 100 kilometers (60 miles), has so far only one deep sea commercial port, Umm Qasr (Basra Province), with 4 small port plus the oil deep sea port.
According to the project, the port will be based in Al-Fao, a seaside town in the estuary of the Shatt al-Arab river. It will also have a number of first-class hotels and will be linked to the country’s road network by a high-speed motorway.
The estimated value of the project is $20 billion. The tender for the construction of the port has yet to be officially announced
Eng. Kadhum
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