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A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A facility in Sulaimani is reclaiming old steel by melting scrap into ingots. The metal can then be reused for construction and other purposes.
The plant is located in Sulaimani's industrial district, Nawchay Pishasazay.
Oil-rich Iraq lacks iron ore, so it is purely dependent upon recycling and importing the crucial metal.
Industry experts believe the Kurdistan Region will be able to weather US trade sanctions on Iran despite Kurdistan's reliance on its eastern neighbor.
Last year, Iran's Consul General to Sulaimani revealed a “nearly half a billion dollar investment” bilateral project to increase steel imports from Kurdistan Province in Iran to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter
A look inside a Sulaimani steel smelter