Reconstruction News from Iraq

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PM Supervises Contract Signature with Siemens
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Electricity Problem to be over by 2011 – Minister
December 22, 2008 - 03:37:39
MUTHANNA/ Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Minister of Electricity Kareem Waheed on Monday said the problem of electricity will be over once and for all by the year 2011, referring to contracts signed by his ministry recently to build power stations at combined capacity of 10,200 megawatt. “The country’s actual power needs are 12,000 megawatt and by 2011 there will be an energy surplus,” Waheed told Aswat al-Iraq on the sidelines of ceremonies to inaugurate the Samawa power station at a capacity of 60 mw in the presence of Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Seiko Hashimoto, the deputy commander of the Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) and Muthanna province officials on Monday. The Electricity Ministry had signed last Monday a contract to import power stations from the U.S. giant General Electric at a capacity of 7,000 megawatt and a cost of $3 billion in a bid to enhance Iraq’s power grid. Yesterday the ministry signed another contract with Siemens to build more stations at a capacity of 3,300 megawatt.
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Delegation from Ninewa in Turkey
December 22, 2008 - 07:58:17
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A delegation comprising Ninewa governor, his deputy and a number of provincial council members have left for Turkey in response to an official invitation from Istanbul’s mayoralty, according to a media source from Ninewa. “The delegation will attend an economic conference in Turkey,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.“The delegation will discuss methods to develop cooperation between the two cities of Mosul and Istanbul,” he added.
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$1.3 billion for new medicines production lines in Ninewa
December 14, 2008 - 05:47:14
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi State Company for Manufactuing Medicines and Medical Appliances in Ninewa had launched new production lines in the first half of 2008 with a total cost of $1.3 billion, a media source from the Iraqi Ministry of Industry said on Sunday.
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Self-sufficiency in Oil Derivatives Next Year – Ministry
December 22, 2008 - 05:35:36
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Next year will see self-sufficiency in oil derivatives thanks to a 5-million-liters leap in the productivity of refineries, a media spokesman for the Iraqi oil ministry said on Monday. “The increase will curb imports of oil derivatives from outside the country,” Asim Jihad told Aswat al-Iraq, adding all oil derivatives are subsidized by the ministry. Iraq is importing its oil derivatives from two key outlets – one via Kuwait and the other via Iran with the aim of bridging the gap in all types of fuel – in addition to a northern outlet via Turkey.
The Iraqi state is spending hundreds of millions of dollars over these imports on an annual basis.
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