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Algeria News
Algeria extends deadline for power projects
Companies to submit bids by 20 September
Tender released for Algerian aggregates plant
International companies invited to bid for 1 million-t/y facility
Algeria tenders transmission line contracts
Bids to be submitted by 27 September
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Sonatrach wins Spain gas price case
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Alcatel-Lucent wins Saipem communications contract
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BP firesale creates Middle East opportunities
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Algeria to spend $286bn on development projects by 2014
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Algeria invites firms to bid on power schemes retender
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Bids invited for Algeria power plant
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Algeria blocks use of imported building materials
Algeria Analysis
Remittance flows remain resilient throughout the financial crisis
Remittances by Arab migrant workers to home economies were less impacted than feared in 2009
Algeria: End of the liberal experiment
Long-awaited cabinet reshuffle signals the end of Algeria’s flirtation with a free market economy
Time for a gas Opec?
Falling gas prices have revived interest in a gas producers association
Sonatrach
Contract awards will grind to a halt as the corruption probe continues at Sonatrach
Algeria Special Reports
Special Report: North Africa
The countries of the Maghreb have ambitious development plans to meet the needs of their rapidly growing populations
Special Report: Oil & Gas - South Korean firms dominate MEED's GCC contractors survey
US companies lose the top spot on contract wins in the region
Algeria Data
Financial crisis highlights need for Middle East and North Africa to diversify
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa region were better placed than many in the world to weather the global economic downturn but their need to stimulate sustainable growth is no less pressing
Middle East and North Africa states are coping with financial crisis
Masood Ahmed, director of the International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia department, assesses the prospects for the Middle East and North Africa as the region recovers from the downturn
Maghreb weathers the economic downturn
Strong hydrocarbon revenues in Algeria and Libya and more resilient production sectors in Morocco and Tunisia helped bring the diverse Maghreb economies through the credit crisis relatively unscathed
Uranium: Securing alternative energy supplies
The UAE, Jordan, Egypt and Iran are all edging closer to making nuclear energy part of their power generation base. In terms of uranium production, the most active state in the region is Jordan.
Algeria bringing in foreign expertise to develop the Tala Hamza mine
International firms are sparking a revival in the Algerian mining sector with their investment and new technologies
