ALGIERS- Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab said Monday in Algiers that Algeria relies on the development of the mining sector to boost its economy, based mainly on the oil and gas industry, said the ministry in a statement. 

ALGIERS- Works of the 40th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the African Organization of Petroleum Producers (APPO), kicked off Thursday under the chairmanship of Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab.

ALGIERS-The National Agency for Mining Activities (ANAM) partook in the annual meeting of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) held on 08-10 March in Toronto (Canada), said the agency in a communiqué.

ALGIERS- Minister of Energy and Mining, Mohamed Arkab, called Tuesday in Algiers Sonelgaz Group to provide a quality public service to citizens, said the ministry in a Communiqué.

ALGIERS- The mining ministry was preparing to give facilitations to the Algerian investors, in partnership with foreigners via SMEs, to reduce the import bill and cover the demand for the raw material needed in processing industries, Minister of Mines Mohamed Arkab said on Saturday.

BEJAIA- A framework agreement between the University of Bejaia, “Manadjim El Djazair” mining group and the grouping “Algeria Corporate universities- GACU,” to strengthen their mutual cooperation in the mining sector, was inked Wednesday in Bejaia.

ALGIERS- Mining in the iron ore of Ghar-Djebilet, Tindouf (2000-km southwest of Algiers ) is to be launched in January, the ministry of Mining, Mohamed Arkab, said Tuesday, adding that negotiations are underway with a foreign partner for the building of a complex to produce 12 million de tonnes a year.

ALGIERS-Algeria and the Czech Republic will soon seal a memorandum of mining cooperation under the visit of a Czech delegation to Algeria in May 2021, said the Ministry of Mines in a communiqué.

ALGIERS)- Minister of Finance Aymen Benabderrahmane said Thursday in Algiers that the launch of major structuring projects, including the port of the country's centre in El Hamdania and big mining projects is expected in the beginning of next year (2021).

SKIKDA- Minister of Mining Mohamed Arkab affirmed Thursday, in Skikda, that “the State is determined to revive the mining activity.”