Marketing trends and functional linkage for cement ‎and ‎phosphate plants in Al-Qaim district

Al.dlame, Shafiq O. Humood; Mekhlif, Subhi Ahmed

doi:10.37653/juah.2024.183637

	Marketing trends and functional linkage for cement ‎and ‎phosphate plants in Al-Qaim district
Journal of University of Anbar for Humanities
Article 9, Volume 2024, Issue 2, June 2024, Pages 800-826 PDF (2.35 M)
Document Type: Review Paper
DOI: 10.37653/juah.2024.183637
Authors
shafiq O. Humood Al.dlame^* ¹; Subhi Ahmed Mekhlif^* ²
¹University of Anbar - College of Education for Humanities
²University of Anbar ;College of Education for Humanities
Abstract
Objectives: Knowing the marketing trends for cement and phosphate factories, as Ramadi, Fallujah, and Hit districts accounted for (81%) the highest percentage of consumption of cement factory products, given the large population size and concentration of construction industries, along with the urban aspect in terms of population. Method: Analytical, descriptive, and deductive approaches. The research relied on collecting information, data, and field study. Results: The compound fertilizer product (N.p.) had the highest marketing rate in the governorates of Nineveh, Salah al-Din, and Wasit (11%), while Basra and Karbala governorates had the lowest percentage (1%). As for the marketing of the single superphosphate product, the highest percentage In the governorates of Baghdad and Wasit, at a rate of (14%), while the lowest rates were in the governorates of Karbala, Najaf, and Babil, at rates reaching (4%, 5%, and 6%) respectively, where the Ministry of Water Resources (30%) was the rate that contributed to preparing the bridges. Water projects, dam building, etc. While the percentage of the Ministry of Municipalities reached (15%), while the Ministry of Electricity reached (9%), while the percentage of all ministries benefited from the factory, while the percentage of the Ministry of Education reached (13%), while the Ministry of Commerce reached (14%), while the percentage benefited from The Ministry of Transport benefited from the factory products (5%) of the total beneficiary ministries, and the Ministry of Agriculture benefited from the factory products at a rate of (2%) of the total beneficiary ministries. Conclusion: Rehabilitating and improving the production of Al-Qaim Cement Plant in terms of quantity and quality in order to compete with imported cement. This necessitates the need to improve the quality of production in a way that pleases consumers, as well as new production lines and design capacity characteristics, “in order to prove the worthiness of self-sufficiency, especially since Al-Qaim cement is distinguished by the quality of production.” Reasonable prices, in addition to the abundance of local raw materials in Al-Qaim district.
Keywords
marketing trends; functional link; cement and phosphate; Al; Qaim district

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