Infrastructure & Finance news in South Kurdistan

[alan131210]

15-09-2011

The Ministry of Electricity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq officially announce that the deadline for the Expression of Interest regarding the 6000MW Power Generation has been extended until the close of business on 29th September 2011


http://www.krgelectric.org/en/hawal/arc ... pageid=424

[alan131210]

Olive plant

16/12/2011 11:37


ERBIL, Dec.16 (AKnews)- Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Ministry of Agriculture is setting the stage for growing and processing olive in Kurdistan.

Agriculture Minister Jamil Suleiman told AKnews after an Italian company demanded the Ministry to facilitate for the project, the Ministry allocated 600 acres of land for growing olive.

In the second phase, the Ministry will seek the help of the foreign companies to set up an olive processing factory in Erbil, Kurdistan regional capital.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/278543/

[alan131210]

PUKmedia 2011-12-17

Kurdistan agricultural minister announced that they have planned to ban import on more veges next year which are cucumber and egg plant. he said we will start the process the the start of next year from all the border custom check points.


http://www.pukmedia.com/kurdish/index.p ... Itemid=179

[alan131210]

17/12/2011 15:40

Slemani 17 December 2011 / (AKnews)

Today Kurdistan PM attended the laying of Foundation stone for an international private University .

It will be called the "international University" (Zankoi Jihan) in Slemani , and Kurdistan PM Barham Saleh said "the University will be a private one and the cost of the project will be $156 Million , i hope in we will also open similar Universities in the cities of Kirkuk and Duhok".

Farman Xarib the general director of investment in the city of Silemani said that the project has be given permission from the "investment committee" and the land allocated for the project is around 120 Donum in (Olluba) suburb , he said the duration is 3 years and will cover all the units for the students to be studied in.


http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/3/278767/
http://www.pukm1.com/Detail.aspx?id=8986&LinkID=3

[alan131210]

PARIS, France--Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barham Salih has defended the region’s right to export oil discovered in its territories and maintained it empowers Kurds.

Speaking in Paris during a conference to encourage French businesses to invest in Kurdistan, Salih said, “This is a constitutional right of Kurds … Just as the system of political centralization has failed in Iraq, centralized economic management has also failed. Gone are the days that the central government can use oil as a tool to target Kurds and commit genocide against them.”

The conference was attended by the French minister of industry and dozens of company heads and investors.

The KRG has been at odds with Iraqi authorities for years over its oil deals with international companies. Baghdad maintains the central government should oversee all oil-related business.

Salih said the region is now exporting 100,000 barrels of oil per day.

The Kurdish delegation was headed by Salih and included the ministers of trade and industry, higher education, interior, agriculture and water resources.

Salih opened his speech by paying tribute to the late French First Lady Danielle Mitterrand, who was an ardent supporter of the Kurdish cause, and thanked France for its support of Kurds. France proposed the international no-fly zone over Iraqi Kurdistan which protected them from Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Encouraging French investors to do business in Kurdistan, Salih said, “Kurdistan is not only a strategic place for French business people, but also a gateway to investment all over Iraq.”

For his part, France’s minister of trade, Pierre Lellouche, said his government is ready to facilitate French investment in Kurdistan. Referring to the tragic history of the Kurds, Lellouche added, “Assistance in rebuilding Kurdistan and participating in its economic development is a moral duty and France is ready to stand up to that duty.”

The KRG estimates that US$16 billion has been invested Kurdistan, placing it far ahead of other parts of Iraq. Kurdistan has enjoyed relatively stable security situation and it has been spared much of the violence that has engulfed other regions of Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003.

The French consul to Kurdistan, Fredric Tissot, was reassuring about Kurdistan’s security, saying, “It’s true that the Kurdistan Region is part of Iraq but is very different security-wise. There have been no security problems over the past four years and French nationals move around Kurdistan freely without facing any dangers.”

The conference drew a diversity of French businesses, one of which offered to train Kurdish police and security forces on how deal with protesters without using live ammunition. Many have criticized Kurdish security forces for firing on demonstrators during protests last spring that killed 10 people, including two members of the security forces.

Nazand Bagikhani, editor-in-chief of the Kurdish version of Le Monde Diplomatique, said holding conferences is “important and there is a need for working to rebuild and invest in Kurdistan.”

She, however, stressed the need to rebuild the “social structure” of Kurdish society and urged investment in education and culture.

“Constructing buildings, large hotels and malls cannot alone change people’s mentality,” Bagikhani said. “The Kurdish government needs to work on this area just as much as it attaches importance on economic investment.”

http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4242.html

[zaxo10]

alan131210

very nice projects in Slemani..
is that Football stadium? =)

[alan131210]

alan131210

very nice projects in Slemani..
is that Football stadium? =)

welcome to the forum my dear , yes it is .

[alan131210]

23/12/2011 13:57

ERBIL, Dec.23 (AKnews)- A new silo with the capacity of storing 60,000 tons of wheat is under construction.

sailoFaris Majid, an advisor for Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Ministry of Trade and Industry, told AKnews that the new project- worth of 21.072 million U.S. dollar- occupies 70 acres on a plot located on Erbil- Gwer road, to the west of Erbil province.

The Italian company which has undertaken the project is expected to end the construction by July, Mr. Majid added.

Currently there is only one silo in central Erbil (16,000 tons) and one in its Makhmur suburb (100,000 tons). The silos have a limited capacity, comparing to the annual volume of harvested wheat in the province, amounting to 150-000 or even 180,000 tons.

The official said that the Ministry has also proposed to construct 4 more silos in Qushtapa, Chamchamal, Sharazur and Makhmur, each with a capacity of 40,000 tons.

Earlier Kheirullah Hassan, Kurdistan trade minister, told AKnews that Iraqi Trade Ministry has planned to construct 14 more silos in all Iraqi provinces, including those of the Kurdistan region, 2012 through 2014.

By Fryad Mohammed

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/279971/

[alan131210]

25/12/2011 10:30

SULAIMANIYAH, Dec. 25 (AKnews) – Figures show more and more foreign companies are willing to do business in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region.

The figures obtained by AKnews from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Trade and Industry show a 30% increase in the number of foreign companies registering in Kurdistan Region in 2011. Up from 331 companies in 2010 to 433 companies this year.

Dilzar Ismael at the ministry told AKnews that the process of registering foreign companies in the region is ongoing and more are going to come.

The attraction for hundreds of foreign companies has been accredited to the region’s investment law that has been described as highly investor-friendly.

Ratified in July 2006, the Kurdistan Region’s investment law provides incentives for foreign investors including the possibility of owning land, up to 10 year tax holidays, easy repatriation of profits and removal of tariffs on exports and imports related to the project.

Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government Barham Ahmed Salih said in November that the Region’s economy will grow by 12 per cent in 2012.

He also said that Kurdistan Region’s annual budget, which is a 17% section of the the federal budget, will increase by 30% from $10 billion USD (11,500 billion IQD) to $13 billion USD (15,000 billion IQD) “which will create a hot market and will bring greater economic prosperity to Kurdistan”.


http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/280295/

[alan131210]

Its been decided an American company known as ZEN AIR which builds Stol 701 planes , will build an airplane factory which will be managed by Nariman Saleh also know as (Nariman pilot) .

Nariman is a young citizen from Erbil who for the first time in Kurdistan built and flew his own airplane , last month got invited by ZEN AIR company to France . After 3 days of negotiations the company signed a contract with him to open a branch of its factories in Kurdistan.

He told (Rudaw): "the invitation from ZEN AIR company France branch sent to me came after they learn from the success i had with building the first airplane in Kurdistan , the company has 100s of experienced experts in building airplanes , therefore they contacted me in order to open one of their branches in Erbil" . he told (Rudaw) that he had obtain permission previously from KRG to build a factory airplane and he has been provided with necessary land for that matter.

He also announced that the company will open a one month course in order to further introduce him and his workers the type and technicality of the airplane the company builds , he said "in 2012 the company launch its branch in Erbil" .


http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/10402.html




http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/10402.html

[trapfor]

Thank you for updating us on what is going on in the homeland.

Biji kurd û Kurdistan

[Rando]

Its been decided an American company known as ZEN AIR which builds Stol 701 planes , will build an airplane factory which will be managed by Nariman Saleh also know as (Nariman pilot) .

Nariman is a young citizen from Erbil who for the first time in Kurdistan built and flew his own airplane , last month got invited by ZEN AIR company to France . After 3 days of negotiations the company signed a contract with him to open a branch of its factories in Kurdistan.

He told (Rudaw): "the invitation from ZEN AIR company France branch sent to me came after they learn from the success i had with building the first airplane in Kurdistan , the company has 100s of experienced experts in building airplanes , therefore they contacted me in order to open one of their branches in Erbil" . he told (Rudaw) that he had obtain permission previously from KRG to build a factory airplane and he has been provided with necessary land for that matter.

He also announced that the company will open a one month course in order to further introduce him and his workers the type and technicality of the airplane the company builds , he said "in 2012 the company launch its branch in Erbil" .


http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/10402.html


http://rudaw.net/kurdish/index.php/news/10402.html

kak alan,do you know if there will be kurds working in the factory or americans or both?

[alan131210]

06/01/2012 13:36

DUHOK, Jan.6 (AKnews)- The number of the factories that opened in Duhok province of the Iraqi Kurdistan region increased in 2011.

vavartna gleshiHikmat Nashaat, Duhok chief of industrial development, told AKnews in 2010 only seven factories were opened in the province while the number reached 11 in 2011.

In the last year also five more factories were sanctioned but they are yet to open, he added. All the factories are of private sector. There are only 546 factories all over the province.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/282597/

[unitedkurdistan]

Industrial town to be constructed in Sulaimaniya
10/01/2012 13:47

SULAYMANIYAH, Jan. 10 (AKnews) - A 3,000 acre industrial town will be constructed in Arbat district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, officials said.

Yesterday Sulaymaniyah Investment Directorate met with a number of private companies in Sulaymaniyah Governorate Council offices to discuss the master plan for "The Industrial Town of Arbat District".

Yasin Mahmoud, spokesman for Kurdistan Investors Union, told AKnews the construction of the industrial town will begin this year because all formal bureaucratic boxes have been ticked.

Almost 450 mixed sized factories will be constructed in the town with an initial expenditure of $3 billion USD (3,500 billion IQD).

Mahmoud says Iran is especially interested in the project because the EU and U.S. are imposing economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. It hopes the project is launched soon so that it can rescue some of its factories by relocating them to Arbat district, explains Mahmoud.

"It will become a very important project for Sulaymaniyah because it will change the city from a tourist destination to an industrial hub," he added.

Farman Gharib, Sulaymaniyah investment director told AKnews that after the master plan for the project is approved, the plan will be opened to competing companies to bid for spaces.





http://www.krg.org/articles/detail.asp? ... &anr=42866

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[unitedkurdistan]

Industrial town to be constructed in Sulaimaniya
10/01/2012 13:47

SULAYMANIYAH, Jan. 10 (AKnews) - A 3,000 acre industrial town will be constructed in Arbat district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, officials said.

Yesterday Sulaymaniyah Investment Directorate met with a number of private companies in Sulaymaniyah Governorate Council offices to discuss the master plan for "The Industrial Town of Arbat District".

Yasin Mahmoud, spokesman for Kurdistan Investors Union, told AKnews the construction of the industrial town will begin this year because all formal bureaucratic boxes have been ticked.

Almost 450 mixed sized factories will be constructed in the town with an initial expenditure of $3 billion USD (3,500 billion IQD).

Mahmoud says Iran is especially interested in the project because the EU and U.S. are imposing economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. It hopes the project is launched soon so that it can rescue some of its factories by relocating them to Arbat district, explains Mahmoud.

"It will become a very important project for Sulaymaniyah because it will change the city from a tourist destination to an industrial hub," he added.

Farman Gharib, Sulaymaniyah investment director told AKnews that after the master plan for the project is approved, the plan will be opened to competing companies to bid for spaces.