Algeria: Prime Minister urges greater exports to Africa

Algeria's Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, inaugurated the 25th Algerian Production Fair (FPA) and visited a number of its pavilions stressed the need to diversify the national production and increase exports, notably towards the African markets, in a bid to meet the objective of the government programme.

At the pavilion of the Groupe Industriel de Ciments d'Algérie (GICA), Mr Sellal stressed the need to achieve self-sufficiency in cement in 2017, through the launch of all scheduled plants in Setif, Biskra and Adrar.

He announced that production of the future cement plant at Adrar will be exported towards Africa, notably Niger.