Date domestic production exceeds 6 million quintals in 2009
ALGIERS – Date domestic production reached 6.3 million quintals in 2009, against 5.8 million qx last year, an official of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry told APS on Monday.
On a total production of 6.3 million qx, some 2.4 million qx represent "Deglet Nour" variety, indicated the ministry’s director of regulation and development of agricultural productions Ammar Assabah.
Algeria exported last year, notably to Europe, some 12,000 tones mainly Deglet Nour variety. The country is the second exporter after Tunisia, and it is the world’s seventh producer.
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Executive Bureau of International Organisation of Energy and Mines meet in Algiers
ALGIERS - Members of the Executive Bureau of the International Organisation of Energy and Mines (OIEM) started Monday here, works of a two-day meeting devoted chiefly to the examination of union actions to counter the global economic crisis.
A number of union organisations from oil and gas sectors of several countries partake in this meeting notably those from Russia, France, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Mali as well as the Arab Oil Federation.
Speaking during this meeting, General Secretary of the National Federation of workers of oil, gas and chemistry (FNTPGC), affiliated to the national union (UGTA), Sid Ali Beldjerdi underlined that the "meeting will propose lasting and emergency solutions to find an exit from the world economic crisis and preserve jobs duration."
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Algeria at the African Investment Forum in Ghana
ALGIERS- Industry and Investment Promotion Minister Hamid Temmar will attend the African Investment Forum scheduled from 8 to 10 February in Accra (Ghana) as the representative of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, his department announced Sunday in a statement. This important meeting set to focus on "new business, investment and partnership opportunities in Africa" is organized in partnership with the Commonwealth Business Council, the source added.
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Towards hydrocarbon prospecting in North of Algeria
RELIZANE (Algeria)- Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil announced Sunday a programme of prospecting for hydrocarbons in the northern part of the country.
Speaking at a press conference at the end of his inspection visit to Relizane province (300-km west of Algiers), the minister pointed out that new technologies of drilling in the northern region are being used in addition to the mastery of the geology and drilling small-diameters well bores.
According to Chakib Khelil, 18 hydrocarbons discoveries were recorded last year during prospecting operations nationwide.
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Pay rise (private sector): Completion of Negotiations set for May
ALGIERS- A deadline for the completion of negotiations about pay rise in the private economic sector has been set for May, said Sunday here the General Union for Algerian Workers' Secretary-General Abdelmadjid Sidi Saïd.
"The technical team has until May to reach pay rise agreements. The revision could lead us to review the legislative aspect, as part of the new labour code," said Sidi Saïd during the set up of a committee for the revision of the master agreement of the private economic sector.
The presidents of the General Confederation of Algerian Companies (CGEA), Habib Yousfi, the National Confederation of Algerian Employers (CNPA), Mohamed Saïd Naït Abdelaziz, the Algerian Confederation of Employers (CAP), Boualem M'Rakach, and the Confederation of Algerian Industrialists and Producers (CIPA), M'Hani Abdelaziz, took part in the meeting.
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Four national ports to be equipped with end-to-end transport logistics in 2010
ALGIERS- Ports of Algiers, Bejaia, Skikda and Ghazaouet (Tlemcen) will be equipped in 2010 with four "end-to-end" transport logistics, the company of ports management (Sgp - Sogeports)announced Sunday to APS.
The end-to- end transport, also called supply chain management is a mode of combined transport that covers conveying goods from the supplier to the final consignee, by utilizing all the ways of maritime, railway and road transport.
The four logistics feasibility surveys have already been carried out, an official of Sgp-Sogeports said.
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Arab Electricity Regulators Forum meeting in Algiers
ALGIERS- The Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) held Sunday in Algiers a meeting of the Arab Electricity Regulators Forum (AERF), CREG announced in a statement. This two-day meeting provides a framework for dialogue between regulators and organizations responsible for the introduction of reforms in the electricity sector in Arab countries, said the source.
It aims "to improve the organization of the electricity sector in Arab countries, exchange main functioning methods for technical indicators, assist the development of Arab regulators, and develop the exchange of information, studies and experiences among members," the source added.
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- Executive Bureau of International Organisation of Energy and Mines meet in Algiers
- Algerian cinema witnesses "new dynamic"
- Banks: "Specific corridors" for producing SMEs
- African Women Film Festival in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
- General Nadir Metidji passes away
- Evaluate Abdelmalek Sayad thoughts on immigration
- State willing to support clubs that open training schools
- Mohamed Sidati accuses Miguel Moratinos of justifying "erroneously" EU-Morocco fisheries agreement
ALGIERS – Date domestic production reached 6.3 million quintals in 2009, against 5.8 million qx last year, an official of Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry told APS on Monday.
On a total production of 6.3 million qx, some 2.4 million qx represent "Deglet Nour" variety, indicated the ministry’s director of regulation and development of agricultural productions Ammar Assabah.
Algeria exported last year, notably to Europe, some 12,000 tones mainly Deglet Nour variety. The country is the second exporter after Tunisia, and it is the world’s seventh producer.
ALGIERS - Members of the Executive Bureau of the International Organisation of Energy and Mines (OIEM) started Monday here, works of a two-day meeting devoted chiefly to the examination of union actions to counter the global economic crisis.
A number of union organisations from oil and gas sectors of several countries partake in this meeting notably those from Russia, France, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Mali as well as the Arab Oil Federation.
Speaking during this meeting, General Secretary of the National Federation of workers of oil, gas and chemistry (FNTPGC), affiliated to the national union (UGTA), Sid Ali Beldjerdi underlined that the "meeting will propose lasting and emergency solutions to find an exit from the world economic crisis and preserve jobs duration."
ALGIERS- Industry and Investment Promotion Minister Hamid Temmar will attend the African Investment Forum scheduled from 8 to 10 February in Accra (Ghana) as the representative of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, his department announced Sunday in a statement. This important meeting set to focus on "new business, investment and partnership opportunities in Africa" is organized in partnership with the Commonwealth Business Council, the source added. 
RELIZANE (Algeria)- Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil announced Sunday a programme of prospecting for hydrocarbons in the northern part of the country.
Speaking at a press conference at the end of his inspection visit to Relizane province (300-km west of Algiers), the minister pointed out that new technologies of drilling in the northern region are being used in addition to the mastery of the geology and drilling small-diameters well bores.
According to Chakib Khelil, 18 hydrocarbons discoveries were recorded last year during prospecting operations nationwide. 
ALGIERS- A deadline for the completion of negotiations about pay rise in the private economic sector has been set for May, said Sunday here the General Union for Algerian Workers' Secretary-General Abdelmadjid Sidi Saïd.
"The technical team has until May to reach pay rise agreements. The revision could lead us to review the legislative aspect, as part of the new labour code," said Sidi Saïd during the set up of a committee for the revision of the master agreement of the private economic sector.
The presidents of the General Confederation of Algerian Companies (CGEA), Habib Yousfi, the National Confederation of Algerian Employers (CNPA), Mohamed Saïd Naït Abdelaziz, the Algerian Confederation of Employers (CAP), Boualem M'Rakach, and the Confederation of Algerian Industrialists and Producers (CIPA), M'Hani Abdelaziz, took part in the meeting. 
ALGIERS- Ports of Algiers, Bejaia, Skikda and Ghazaouet (Tlemcen) will be equipped in 2010 with four "end-to-end" transport logistics, the company of ports management (Sgp - Sogeports)announced Sunday to APS.
The end-to- end transport, also called supply chain management is a mode of combined transport that covers conveying goods from the supplier to the final consignee, by utilizing all the ways of maritime, railway and road transport.
The four logistics feasibility surveys have already been carried out, an official of Sgp-Sogeports said.
ALGIERS- The Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) held Sunday in Algiers a meeting of the Arab Electricity Regulators Forum (AERF), CREG announced in a statement. This two-day meeting provides a framework for dialogue between regulators and organizations responsible for the introduction of reforms in the electricity sector in Arab countries, said the source.
It aims "to improve the organization of the electricity sector in Arab countries, exchange main functioning methods for technical indicators, assist the development of Arab regulators, and develop the exchange of information, studies and experiences among members," the source added. 
