Iraq: Sinoma International Engineering, China s largest provider of cement engineering services, has secured a US$351.5m engineering procurement contract to build a 1000MW solar power plant in Iraq for Mass Renewable Energy Production, part of the Mass Group which also operates a 6Mt/yr cement plant in Bazian, Iraq. The turnkey contract, to be built in Al-Kut, will take 21 months to build, leading to completion by the third quarter of 2026. /Global Cement