People & Institutions
Sinjar Cement Manufacturing Company Limited
Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Rehabilitation and operation of Sinjar cement plant.
شركة سنجار لصناعة الاسمنت المحدودة
Legal status
Not charged as of the date of writing
Not charged as of the date of writing. The company is not named in any allegation. On 26 March 2025 964 reported, citing an unnamed security source, that the National Security Service arrested a security official and the director of the plant on charges of financial corruption, internet smuggling and abuse of position. The report does not say who employs the director. It mentions the licensee only to state that the plant operates under a production sharing agreement with it (status as of 5 October 2026). The search of public sources is not complete.
The search of public sources on this licensee is not yet complete.
The licence as listed
The list of licensed projects of the National Investment Commission.
- Licensing body
- National Investment Commission
- Licence number
- 357/2020
- Date of grant
- 26 April 2020
- Sector
- Industry
- Project
- Rehabilitation and operation of Sinjar cement plantتأهيل وتشغيل معمل سمنت سنجار
- Licensee
- شركة سنجار لصناعة الاسمنت المحدودة (Iraqi)
- Province
- Nineveh
- Location
- نينوى
- Stated cost
- $91.4 millionThe list gives the cost in dinars. It is converted here at 1,190 dinars to the dollar.
- State of the project
- Not reported
Who is behind the licensee
company
| Name | Role | Legal status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Not stated | Director of the Sinjar cement plant, described by 964 as «مدير المعمل»; unnamed; the report does not say who employs the director (the licensee or the State Company for Iraqi Cement) | Arrested964 reported on 26 March 2025, citing an unnamed security source, that the director was arrested after evidence of involvement in internet smuggling, and that investigations continued. The charges… Read the restnamed in the report are financial corruption, internet smuggling and abuse of position. No later report on charges, trial or release was found (status as of 5 October 2026). | 964media.com |
Not stated | A security official at the Sinjar cement plant, described by 964 as «مسؤولاً أمنياً»; unnamed; employer not stated | Arrested 964 reported on 26 March 2025, citing an unnamed security source, that the National Security Service arrested the official in the act of bribery. No later report was found (status as of 5 October 2026). | 964media.com |
What official and press reports say
- Official findings
- No audit bureau, Integrity Commission or parliamentary finding naming the licensee was found. On 26 March 2025 964 reported arrests of the plant director and a security official by the National Security Service; the report does not name the licensee in the allegation. No later outcome was found.
- What became of the project
- NIC licence 357/2020 (26 April 2020), rehabilitation and operation of the Sinjar cement plant, Nineveh, IQD 108,810,000,000 (about USD 91.4 million at 1,190 dinars per dollar; our arithmetic, tier B). The Ministry of Industry and Minerals said in December 2018 that 50 to 60 per cent of the plant had been damaged by ISIS and that rehabilitation and start of operation were due within two years of handover. The State Company for Iraqi Cement said the plant produced 172,020 tonnes in the first quarter of 2023 (reported 16 April 2023) and 994,507 tonnes in 2024 against 826,278 tonnes in 2023, and that it was qualified to reach its contract capacity in 2025. The plant is operating under the production sharing contract. The plant belongs to the state; the licence concerns its rehabilitation and operation, not ownership of the land.
- Other contracts with the state
- A production sharing contract with the State Company for Iraqi Cement («عقد المشاركة بالإنتاج»). A contract addendum was signed in early November 2018 to reactivate the contract for rehabilitating and operating the plant after damage, and the plant was handed to the licensee on 11 December 2018 according to a Ministry of Industry and Minerals statement. On 27 May 2019 the State Company for Iraqi Cement announced that it had begun procedures to move the licensee's contractual obligations to Kar Cement, after the licensee asked for the transfer, with the approval of the Minister of Industry and Minerals. The later statements of 2023 and 2025 still name the licensee as the partner. No other government contract was found.
Sources
- نقل الالتزامات العقدية لمعمل سنجار من شركة اسمنت سنجار الى شركة اسمنت كار بموافقة وزارة الصناعة والمعادن, State Company for Iraqi Cement, Northern Cement Deputy Directorate, 27 May 2019 Tier A
اعلنت الشركة العامة للسمنت العراقية عن البدء باجراءات نقل الالتزامات العقدية لمعمل سمنت سنجار الى شركة اسمنت كار بعد ان طلبت شركة سنجار على نقل التزاماتها من عقدها الاستثماري للمعمل الى شركة كار
- الصناعة تجري مراسيم استلام وتسليم معمل سمنت سنجار للمباشرة باعادة تأهيله وتشغيله, Ministry of Industry and Minerals media office (reprinted by Kitabat), 13 December 2018 Tier A
مراسيم استلام وتسليم معمل سمنت سنجار للشركة المستثمرة (شركة سنجار لصناعة الاسمنت المحدودة) بعد توقيع ملحق عقد بين الطرفين
- الشركة العامة للسمنت العراقية: معمل سمنت سنجار يحقِّق فارقًا إنتاجيًا بنسبة (20)% خلال عام 2024, State Company for Iraqi Cement, 2025 Tier A
ضمن عقد المشاركة بالإنتاج المبرم مع شركة سنجار لصناعة الإسمنت المحدودة
- الصناعة: معمـل سمنـت سنجـار ينتج (172) الف طن خلال ثلاث اشهر, Non14 (reporting a Ministry of Industry and Minerals statement), 16 April 2023 Tier D
المعمل محال للشراكة إلى شركة سنجار لصناعة الإسمنت المحدودة
- معمل سمنت سنجار, State Company for Iraqi Cement, Northern Cement Deputy Directorate, 5 October 2026 Tier A
معمل سمنت سنجار مستثمر حاليا من قبل شركة فاملي التركية
- Turkish company to develop Iraq plant, CemNet, 6 December 2010 Tier D
A Turkish company has received approval to develop the Sinjar Cement Plant and invest it for 15 years, according to a source from the Northern Cement State Company (NCSC).
- الأمن الوطني يعتقل مدير معمل أسمنت سنجار بتهمة تهريب الإنترنت, 964media, 26 March 2025 Tier D
قوة من جهاز الأمن الوطني اعتقلت مسؤولاً أمنياً في معمل أسمنت سنجار، متلبساً بجريمة الرشوة. كما تم اعتقال مدير المعمل، بعد ثبوت تورطه في تهريب الإنترنت.
- Sinjar Cement Factory officials arrested on corruption, internet smuggling charges, 964media (English), 26 March 2025 Tier D
The Sinjar Cement Factory operates under the State Company for Iraqi Cement, part of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, through a production-sharing agreement with Sinjar Cement Company for Cement Industry Ltd.