مختصر البحثraq can be considered as a cement manufacturer due to the abundance of raw materials and availability of expertise and technology. There are numerous cement plants existing in several areas of Iraq. Although being an exporting state of cement, it has recently become an importer due to insufficient production in the local market as well as the poor conditions for almost 30 years. Iraq has faced difficult circumstances which began from the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s (Marr, 2018) the Gulf war and economic blockades in the 1990s and the Iraq war in 2003 (Chatelard, 2009) and the war against terrorism followed, which significantly affected the industrial sector in Iraq including cement plants, causing a shortage of production capacity, as well as the apparent lack of power supply and prescription in many mechanisms of productive units (industry.gov.iq). Recent