With among the largest gas reserves in the world, Algeria is set to emerge as one of the largest international producers of phosphates in the coming years. Together with cheap energy prices and its close proximity to a range of markets, these factors make the country ideally suited to large-scale fertiliser production and export. Domestic...
Despite the availability of cheap energy and a range of local natural resources, non-hydrocarbons industry in Algeria has been slow to develop. However, amid efforts by the government to prioritise the sector as part of its diversification plans, there are signs that it is beginning to take off, supported by incentives for investment and the...
In response to the drop in oil revenues in June 2014, Algeria’s government has stepped up the pace of economic reforms that have been rolled out over the past two years in order to encourage the development of new industrial avenues, with a clear goal of reaching 7% growth in non-hydrocarbons by 2019. As such, Algeria’s Finance Law 2016 – in...
Given the Algerian economy’s reliance on the oil and gas sector, manufacturing industries have historically taken a secondary role in the country’s economic development policies. However, since the early 2000s, industry has been the recipient of renewed interest from authorities, who have been looking to counteract rising demand for imports...
In an attempt to offset declining revenues from hydrocarbons, recent years have seen authorities take key steps towards realising Algeria’s mining potential by enacting a new mining law and developing large-scale projects in the areas of phosphates, iron ore, base metals and gold. Up until recently, the contribution of mining to the economy...
The recovery of the steel industry has been at the top of the government’s agenda since the implementation of the first five-year development programmes in the early 2000s. Massive investments in housing and transport infrastructure resulted in a sharp increase in the nation’s needs for steel products, which quickly outstripped local capacity...
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