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Karbala Cement Manufacturing Company Limited

Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Rehabilitation and operation of Karbala cement plant.

شركة كربلاء لصناعة الاسمنت المحدودة

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Legal status

Not charged as of the date of writing

Not charged as of the date of writing. No court ruling, official finding, licence withdrawal, sanctions designation or press accusation naming the company was located in the checks made (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
26/2011
Date of grant
20 March 2011
Sector
Industry
Project
Rehabilitation and operation of Karbala cement plant
تأهيل وتشغيل معمل سمنت كربلاء
Licensee
شركة كربلاء لصناعة الاسمنت المحدودة (Iraqi)
Province
Karbala
Location
كربلاء المقدسة
Stated cost
$220 million
State of the project
Completed (100% complete)

Who is behind the licensee

company

The owners and managers were not identified in the sources that were read.

What official and press reports say

Official findings
None located in the checks made.
What became of the project
Not established. The register records licence 26/2011, dated 20/3/2011, to rehabilitate and operate the Karbala cement plant, at a stated cost of USD 220,000,000. The state plant of that name is listed among the plants of the Iraqi Cement State Company. An Arabic encyclopedia entry, which cites the state company's website, places it in Ain al-Tamr district of Karbala province, with a design capacity of 2,000,000 tonnes a year. It records construction from 1981 and production from 1984, built by Krupp Polysius of Germany. No source located states whether the rehabilitation was carried out, who owns the licensee, or whether the plant now operates under this licence.
Other contracts with the state
None located in the checks made.

Sources

  1. الشركة العامة للسمنت العراقية, Arabic Wikipedia (citing the Iraqi Cement State Company website) Tier D
    معمل سمنت كربلاء || محافظة كربلاء، قضاء عين التمر || سمنت بورتلاندي مقاوم للأملاح || 2 || (2000000) طن سنوياً || 1981 || 1984 || Krupp Polysius الألمانية