{"id":60073,"date":"2026-05-07T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60073"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:18:18","slug":"algeria-marks-60-years-of-economic-sovereignty-mining-sector-takes-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60073","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Marks 60 Years of Economic Sovereignty: Mining Sector Takes Center Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria celebrates this Wednesday, May 6, the 60th anniversary of a landmark milestone in its struggle for economic sovereignty \u2014 a battle that paved the way, less than five years later, for the nationalization of hydrocarbons on February 24, 1971.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s commemoration carries exceptional weight, coinciding with the launch of major structural projects in the mining sector and the creation of a dedicated Ministry of Mines \u2014 bold moves spearheaded by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as part of his sweeping drive to diversify Algeria&#8217;s economy and reduce its dependence on volatile energy revenues.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of a Ministry of Mines sends a powerful signal, dzwatch has learned, reflecting President Tebboune&#8217;s firm commitment to reviving a long-neglected sector and anchoring it within a core national strategy \u2014 one designed to position Algeria among the world&#8217;s most prosperous and respected nations, for the benefit of current and future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of mining operations at Gara Djebilet marks a historic turning point, fulfilling a dream long held by Algeria&#8217;s martyrs and freedom fighters who sacrificed everything for a sovereign, independent nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria celebrates this Wednesday, May 6, the 60th anniversary of a landmark milestone in its struggle for economic sovereignty \u2014 a battle that paved the way, less than five years later, for the nationalization of hydrocarbons on February 24, 1971. This year&#8217;s commemoration carries exceptional weight, coinciding with the launch of major structural projects in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}