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Zawya
15-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Iraq to build energy services city
Iraq is planning to build its first city to be specialised in energy services and a US company is already preparing a list of investment opportunities in the facility, the official Arabic language daily Alsabah said on Tuesday. The project is based in the Southeastern Maysan Governorate and has been approved by Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC), the paper said. It quoted NIC spokesperson Hanan Jassim as saying NIC has signed a contract with a US company to prepare a list of projects to be offered to investors in the city. 'The city will be specialised in providing services related to electricity, oil, gas, communications and other energy fields,' Jassim said without providing further details. (Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon) (
Zawya
25-02-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Iraq plans silica sand, waste-to-energy projects
Iraq is advancing plans to develop silica sand and waste-to-energy projects this year, a spokesperson of the National Investment Commission (NIC) said. Hanan Jassim told Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Monday that NIC is conducting a feasibility study for production of high-purity (98 percent) silica sand, a crucial raw material for production of semiconductors. The sector has the potential to contribute up to $100 billion annually to Iraq's economy, she said. Jassim said the country's second waste-to-energy project will be built in Abu Ghraib in Baghdad governorate following the successful award of the first project in Nahrawan. The Nahrawan project, designed to handle 3,000 tonnes/day of waste and generate 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity, was awarded to Shanghai-based SUS Environment. The Abu Ghraib waste-to-energy project is expected to procured on the same lines as the Nahrawan project, according to previous NIC statements. (Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
