Plans to make Iraq the major countries exporting phosphate



5/22/2016 0:00

BAGHDAD - Ahmed Abed Rabbo


Plans of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to make Iraq one of the major exporters of phosphate in the next five years. As revealed the existence of huge reserves of it in the country, linked to begin investing the entire province of Anbar, the liberalization of the abomination terrorists «Daash».

The official ministry spokesman Abdul Wahid al-Shammari said in a statement »Sabah», the ministry has sought a move to find alternatives to oil wealth in order to strengthen and consolidate the national economy, to invest in the other country's minerals, particularly phosphate, referring to the plan include the export of this precious metal during the next five years through the activation of investments and bring international companies to the country.

And placed official statistics in Iraq ranked second in the world after Morocco in possession of phosphate.


According to al-Shammari, the Anbar province, in the introduction to the provinces, which owns the precious metal, and untapped at the present time, a link to start investing the end of the edit Anbar province operations of abomination gangs «Daash» terror, and establishing security in which, to be a catalyst for bringing competent companies in this area, whether Arab or foreign ones.

Security forces and check-game winning streak on Ajeramiy «Daash» in Anbar province, the last wetlands cleanse the judiciary, and the opening of roads that tried Zlamillo «Daash», mined to block the progress of security forces.

He noted the ministry spokesman, said the development of the phosphate industry in the country, will be through attracting investments and creating the right environment in which to ensure the creation of mining industries in various different forms, warning that the state budget is currently not able to provide the appropriations necessary for the advancement of the industrial reality in the country .

With regard to the rest of the metals, revealed the existence of huge reserves of natural gas, gold, iron, sulfur and other minerals, as well as ceramics and silica stones lime within the cement industry material, stressing that such a diverse wealth will be in the future, significant investment opportunities for the benefit and interest on citizens in general by moving the economy and providing jobs for the unemployed and bring in more hard currency into the country.

In another, the General Company for Petrochemical Industries of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals continues rehabilitation and maintenance of its plants businessman.

The company's general manager Khaled Kazem Naji in a statement received «morning» copy of it: the company since the length for quite some time continuing in the implementation of modernization, maintenance and rehabilitation equipment for laboratories all according to plan three months ago in order to create laboratories to run in the case of gas pumped liquid.

He pointed to the completion of the company's switch pipelines swap of the plant ethylene in 1212 in the central workshop, and maintenance of electrical generators in the power generating unit, as well as repair of engines in the unit to generate electricity, in addition to the arrival of inflatable devices and mobilize mobilize water RO plant to the company's headquarters to complete the testing and operation of the laboratory.

Regarding the paper Maysan plant of the company, he pointed to the company's move to attract investors to bring life to his lines productivity and modernize and increase capacity, alluding to the possibility of exploiting increase the number of affiliates to create other production lines to be able to meet the increased demand for paper products.



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