Seoul, Sept. 16 -- Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) secured a USD 3 billion contract to build a large-scale seawater treatment and desalination plant in Iraq, the biggest overseas order won by a single Korean construction company in 2025 to date.

The company said on Monday that it signed the deal on Sunday (local time) at the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office in Baghdad. Attendees at the signing ceremony included Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani Abdul Zahra, TotalEnergies SE Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne, and Ryu Seong-an, head of Hyundai E&C's plant business division. The contract is part of Iraq's integrated gas development program, which also covers oil, solar pow...