{"id":60993,"date":"2026-05-22T17:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60993"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:14:49","slug":"egyptian-firm-arabia-for-metals-saves-algeria-100-million-annually-in-import-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60993","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Firm &#8216;Arabia for Metals&#8217; Saves Algeria $100 Million Annually in Import Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian industrial company <strong>Arabia for Metals<\/strong> continues to strengthen its footprint in Algeria&#8217;s national market, spearheading an expansion drive in copper and aluminum manufacturing that is reshaping the country&#8217;s industrial landscape and reducing costly dependence on foreign imports.<\/p>\n<p>Since entering the Algerian market in 2012, the non-ferrous metals specialist has steadily scaled its production capacity, now covering a significant share of domestic demand for copper wires, rods, and alloys used in electrical cables, telephone infrastructure, and switchboards \u2014 saving Algeria an estimated <strong>$100 million annually<\/strong> in import bills.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the company launched a major new facility in the Oued Harbil industrial zone, M\u00e9d\u00e9a province, which officially entered service in <strong>March 2026<\/strong> with an annual production capacity of <strong>32,000 tonnes<\/strong> of copper sheets, alloys, brass rods, and connectors. The project created 160 direct jobs and achieved notable local integration rates.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Arabia for Metals is developing an aluminum rod production line targeting both domestic supply and regional export markets, alongside a planned automotive and motorcycle parts manufacturing project on a 1.6-hectare site in M\u00e9d\u00e9a.<\/p>\n<p>Senior officials from Algeria&#8217;s Investment Promotion Agency (AAPI) conducted an on-site visit to the company, telling dzwatch that such projects represent exactly the high-value industrial investments Algeria is prioritizing to boost national production and reduce import dependency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian industrial company Arabia for Metals continues to strengthen its footprint in Algeria&#8217;s national market, spearheading an expansion drive in copper and aluminum manufacturing that is reshaping the country&#8217;s industrial landscape and reducing costly dependence on foreign imports. Since entering the Algerian market in 2012, the non-ferrous metals specialist has steadily scaled its production capacity, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60992,"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":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60993","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\/60993","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=60993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}