{"id":60906,"date":"2026-05-20T12:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60906"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:23:30","slug":"arab-metals-company-from-startup-to-industrial-powerhouse-slashing-algerias-import-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60906","title":{"rendered":"Arab Metals Company: From Startup to Industrial Powerhouse Slashing Algeria&#8217;s Import Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian firm <strong>Arab Metals Company<\/strong> continues to solidify its footprint in Algeria&#8217;s national market through ambitious expansion projects aimed at developing local copper and aluminium industries \u2014 a success story reflecting the growing confidence of foreign investors in Algeria&#8217;s business climate.<\/p>\n<p>Since entering the Algerian market in 2012, the non-ferrous metals specialist has steadily expanded its production capacities. The company now covers a significant share of national demand for copper wires, rods, and alloys used in electrical cables, telephone infrastructure, and electrical panels.<\/p>\n<p>This industrial growth has enabled Algeria to <strong>cut its import bill by approximately $100 million annually<\/strong> through local substitution.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the company launched a new facility in the Oued Harbil industrial zone in M\u00e9d\u00e9a Province, which became operational in March 2026 with an annual capacity of <strong>32,000 tonnes<\/strong> of copper wires, sheets, alloys, brass rods, and fittings.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the firm is developing an aluminium rod production project targeting both domestic supply and future exports, alongside a planned automotive and motorcycle parts manufacturing unit on a 1.6-hectare plot in M\u00e9d\u00e9a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian firm Arab Metals Company continues to solidify its footprint in Algeria&#8217;s national market through ambitious expansion projects aimed at developing local copper and aluminium industries \u2014 a success story reflecting the growing confidence of foreign investors in Algeria&#8217;s business climate. Since entering the Algerian market in 2012, the non-ferrous metals specialist has steadily expanded &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60905,"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":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60906","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\/60906","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=60906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}