Investment Opportunities in the Governorate of Holy Karbala
1.Oil and Gas Sector
None
2. Electricity Sector
None
3. Communication Sector
None
4. Health and Environment Sector
Investment opportunity in Environment Sector
| No. | Department | Project name | Location |
| 1 | Water & soil monitoring | Dust and desert control and monitoring center using remote sensors control | 1. mid Euphrates (Karbala, Najaf, Babylon, Qadisiya, Muthana)
2. Southern area (Wasit, Maysan, Thi Qar, Basra) |
| 2 | Observe and asses industrial activities and services. | Monitoring gas and fine particles emissions due to polluted industrial and services activities. | Oil refineries, power stations, cement factories and hospitals in Baghdad and provinces. |
| 3 | Monitoring chemical materials and asses polluted sites. | Treating oil waste activities | – All oil fields in provinces,
– Oil refineries – Leaks resulting from broken pipes- polluted soil |
| Treating chemically polluted sites. | All provinces, priority to the most contaminated sites. | ||
| Electric and electronic waste recycling | Locations following environmental instructions regarding recycling wastes. | ||
| 4 | Climate changes and air type control | Supply and install fixed station for noise metering in all provinces except KRG | all provinces except KRG |
| Supply and install fixed station for noise metering non- ionized ray in Baghdad and provinces. | Baghdad and provinces |
Investment opportunity sent by Ministry of higher education and Scientific Research
| no | Project name | Type of opportunity | Province |
| 1 | General University Hospital 600 beds | New | Holy Karbala |
5. Housing and Infrastructure sector
Available Investment Opportunities at Housing Sector
| No. | Project name | Location | allocated area in dunem ** | Province | Notes |
| 1 | Housing complex | 1/151 m61 | 3 | Holy Karbala | Ministry of Youth & Sport |
Available Investment Opportunities at Housing Sector by Provinces Investment Commissions
| No. | Project name | Location | allocated area in dunem ** | Province |
| 1 | Housing complex | Najaf & green belt Q3/58329 61m | 194 | Holy Karbala |
| 2 | Housing complex | Najaf & green belt Q3/58330 61m | 170 | Holy Karbala |
| 3 | Housing complex for employees | 3/5751 61 Jezera | 2 | Holy Karbala |
6. Transportation Sector
First: Railways State Company
| no | Project name | Details | length | Number of lines | Signals & communication | Axial load/ ton | Speed (km/h) | Total transport (million) | Estimate cost (million USD) | Project implementation period | ||||
| passengers | Goods/ton | passengers | Goods/ ton | Acquisitions | implementation | total | ||||||||
| 1 | Musaieb- Karbal-Najaf- Semawa | Detailed designs were conducted 1982 by Italian consulting company (Sotkny) updated by Italian (Ital Fair) | 228 | double | ERTMS/ level 2 | 25 | 250 | 140 | 6 | 2 | 750 | 2400 | 3150 | 3 years |
| 2 | Mono Rail (Karbala- Najaf ) | New project (above the main road towards Najaf | 70 | Double | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Second: State Company for Iraqi Civil Aviation
None
7. Industry and Minerals sector
Investment opportunities presented for investment
First: Phosphate Deposits projects
None
Second: Pure Sulfur projects
None
Third: Cement projects
Cement Plant Project / Karbala province
Fourth: Silica Sands project
None
Fifth: Mud
None
Sixth: Carbonate and sulfate projects
None
Seventh: Magnesium thermal block
None
8. Tourism Sector
Available Investment Opportunities in Tourism Sector
| No. | Project | Allocated land/ dunum | Province |
| 1 | Ain Tamr Spa | 5-45 ulk | Karbala |
9. Education Sector
Available Investment Opportunities at Education Sector
| No. | Public education office | Plot no. | Area dunum- ulk | Belong to | Type of estate |
| 1. | Holy Karbala | 61 m 3 /35144 Jazera | 2-15 | Ministry of Education | Primary school |
| 2. | 61 m 3 /14268 Jazera | 4-15 | Ministry of Education | Intermediate school | |
| 3. | 61 m 3 /25170 Jazera | 2-7 | Ministry of Education | Primary school | |
| 4. | 61 m 3 /33467 Jazera | 2.5 | Ministry of Education | Primary school | |
| 5. | 42 m 20/65 Bayash | 1-11 | Ministry of Education | School | |
| 6. | 23 m 50/884 Jazera | 5 | Ministry of Education | Plot | |
| 7. | 33 m 11/57 Kakaiya | 1 | Allocated for a school | ||
| 8. | 21 m 1/19688 Haidariya | 1-10 | Municipality | School | |
| 9. | 21 m 1/6847 Haidariya | 1-6 | Municipality | Plot | |
| 10. | 61 m 3/54704 Jazera | 1 | Municipality | School |
Available Investment Opportunities at Higher Education Sector
| No. | University name | Investment opportunity | Province |
| 1. | Holy Karbala university | 1.Club & services center for students residence 2.Rehabilitation project for the Economy Collage structures to be used for services and entertainment 3.Pool facility in the Sport Collage |
Holy Karbala |
10. Services Sector
Available Investment Opportunities in Services Sector
First: State Company for Food Trade
None
Second: State Company for Central Markets
| No. | Type | Location | Area in dunum | Province | Notes |
| 1 | Karbala market building | 25/86- 86 eastern Abasiya | 1.5 | Karbala | City center |
Available Investment Opportunities in Services Sector according to Provinces Investment Commissions
| No. | Project | Location | Area | Province |
| 1 | Commercial complex | Plot Q80/64/m24 Al-Abassiyah | 1,5 Dunam | Holy Karbala |
| 2 | Commercial complex | Karbala- Hussainiyah District- next to Imam ‘Aoun Shrine Q 23/m13 | 8 Dunam | Holy Karbala |
| 3 | Commercial complex | Q 136/4/m51 Southern Sakhar | 37 Dunam | Holy Karbala |
| 4 | Commercial complex | Karbala- Najaf road q3/m61 Jezera | 15 Dunam | Holy Karbala |
11. Youth and Sport Sector
Investment Opportunities of Youth and Sport Sector announced by the Ministry of Youth and Sport
| No | Project Name | Location | Area | Province |
| 1. | Swimming Pool | 3/2936 m61 | 5 dunem 4 ulk | Holy Karbala |
| 2. | Total investment for the hall or any addition that serves the ministry goals | 1/980 m67 Hashmiya | 1 dunem 20 ulk | Holy Karbala |
| 3. | Indoor swimming pool, commercial mall, gymnasium and football field | 1/4793 m 21 Al Haideriya | 5 dunem 21 ulk | Holy Karbala |
| 4. | Total investment for the hall | 26/428 m 51 | 6 dunem 10 ulk | Holy Karbala |
| 5. | Tourism spa and Luna park | 3/51839 m 61 Al Jezeera | 60 dunem 11ulk 44m² | Holy Karbala |
| 6. | football field or Various sports activities | 3/51848 m 61 Jezeera | 5 dunem 1 ulk | Holy Karbala |
| 7. | Various sports activities | 880/1 Atiya | 3 dunem | Holy Karbala |
| 8. | Exclusively sport investment | 3/1511 m 21 Al Haideriya | Part of total area 8 dunem 24 ulk | Holy Karbala |
12. Agriculture Sector
Predisposing land for Agricultural Investment in the Province of Holy Karbala
| Seq. | District | township | County No. | Plot No. | Area / dunam | Type | source of water | Availability of water share | Method of irrigation | Depth of underground water | Analysis of soil | Validity of underground waters | Coordinates
x Y |
|
| PH | soil Tissues | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Centre | Alhur | 61/Jazera | 3 | 160000 | Desert/ unsuitable | underground water/ | Do not have a share of water | well | 30m depth | 7.8 | Lomé sandy | invalid | 398586/x
3574295/y |
| 2 | Ain
Altamur |
Alhur | 20/Jazera | 50 | 120000 | Desert / suitable | underground water/ | Do not have a share of water | well | 25m depth | 7.8 | Lomé sandy | valid | 365447/x
3572708/y |
| 3 | Centre | Husainia | 60/Haswa
4/Mkeheel |
1,1 | 35000 | Desert unsuitable | irrigation project / | Do not have a share of water | surface irrigation | 10 m depth | 7.4 | sandy | invalid | 402462/x
3621094/y |
| Total | 315000 dunam | |||||||||||||
| Number of opportunities | 3 | |||||||||||||
