The $126.6 million contract was awarded by the Ministry of Municipal and Public Engineering of Iraq in 2012

Chinese construction machinery manufacturer XCMG has highlighted work carried out by its loaders on a major project near Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

The Siwera Sewage Treatment Plant Project, which is 40 km to the southeast of Bagdad, capital city of Iraq, is being carried out by Chinese contractors CGGC, which is its first engineering project in Iraq.

The $126.6 million contract was awarded by the Ministry of Municipal and Public Engineering of Iraq in 2012. Work includes the construction of a 348km rainwater and domestic sewage drainage pipe network, 14 lift pump stations and one sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000 tons in a construction period of 1,065 days (35 months), and a maintenance period of 12 months.

All construction machineries used for the project are manufactured by XCMG, which reflects CGGC’s high recognition of the company’s products and their trust in the brand of XCMG.

The snapshot shows XCMG’s wheel loaders conducting extension of the camp of CGGC’s Siwera Project.