Industry agrees with the Government of Basra on the activation of large projects in the province

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announced the Ministry of Industry and Minerals reaching an agreement with the local government in Basra , paving the way for the development of the industrial sector in the province, including the rehabilitation of the iron and steel plant stalled production for years, and accelerate the implementation of the project (beacon) Petrochemical Co. , which is expected to provide tens of thousands of jobs. 

The Minister of Industry and Minerals Agency Mohamed Xiaa Sudanese during a joint press conference held in late on Wednesday, in a rest house Office of the province / and attended by Alsumaria News, said that "You are gaining a great economic importance are discussed with the local government in Basra, including public company profile iron and steel, where the company 's factory stopped production for years as a result of a contract with a foreign company to rehabilitate and invest the factory, the project faced obstacles from the company and the ministry and other ministries , "noting that" the cabinet had formed a committee to negotiate with the company, the Commission has reached an understanding with the company stipulates that The rehabilitation of the plant at a cost of $ 118 million, and the postponement of investment into the plant until the completion of the rehabilitation work, and implement it now needs to be a decision of the Council of Ministers. "

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Sudan and pointed out that " the other project is a strategic project for the establishment of an industrial complex huge petrochemical industries in Basra, there is a preliminary agreement with the (Shell) Global to implement the project, and unfortunately the local government in areas far from this agreement the province, and that one of the causes of obstruction and delay the project," adding , " The agreement and understanding between the ministry and the local government Minutes will be signed up to go to complete all the requirements for the implementation of this project, which will provide 100 thousand jobs, and production will be up to 1.0008 million tons of chemicals." 

The Minister of Industry and Minerals Agency that " the other issue that has been discussed, is the activation of a project the industrial city, where we have three projects of this kind in Basra , Dhi Qar and Anbar, and it was agreed to form a joint administration with the local government to invest in this city , " explaining that " Chinese state companies have shown interest in investing in the project. " 

For his part, the governor said Majed Nasraoui during the conference which was attended by a reporter , "Alsumaria News", " The industry is located in Basra is facing many problems and challenges, so that the Iron and Steel Plant , which has been exporting its products to many countries is currently dependent on the production," adding that " memorandum of cooperation will be signed between the ministry and the local government is beginning to activate cooperation and coordination between the two sides to revive state - owned factories in the province, after it was the role of local government almost sunset in this area over the past years. " 

For his part, the head of the provincial council morning Albzona said during the conference that " the meeting between the Minister of Industry and the local government is the first meeting of its kind between the two sides for years , " noting that " the state - owned factories in Basra , mostly Off spite of the large budgets that were available during the previous years, some of these factories where projects but lagging behind, as there are hidden hands trying to stop the chemical fertilizer factory in fact hand Khor Al - Zubair . " 

According to MP from Basra Mazen Mezni the "Disable large industrial projects in Basra over the past years requires the negligent accountable , " adding that "negligent , regardless of their qualities and their addresses must be held accountable, and deputies from the province will move aggressively in this direction." 

The Basra includes many factories and government laboratories, the most important and the largest paper and petrochemicals, fertilizers, iron and steel mills, and it was the industrial sector the public active until the early eighties, but he suffered a setback after the second Gulf War in 1991 as a result of the economic blockade that caused by imposing restrictions on the import of materials industrial raw, while the private industrial sector rebounded during the nineties due to dependence forced on the national production, and appeared in that period , thousands of factories and workshops, but most of them have stopped production after 2003 amid the absence of government attribution, and growing imports without the control of strict quality, and not activate supporting laws of national industries, but these and other reasons also relapsed state - owned factories in the province.[/size]