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Citic battles Bechtel and Indorama for giant phosphate project

Several Chinese companies which have been active in Algeria for several years have bid for the giant phosphate exploitation project in the south of the country. They are up against construction heavyweights from the United States and Indonesia. [...]

Published on 30/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Algeria
Citic battles Bechtel and Indorama for giant phosphate project

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune's grand plans for cobalt, iron and coltan mining

Algeria
Terramin sells shares to state firms to save Tala Hamza zinc project

Algeria
Singapore's Portek under fire over Béjaïa port concession

Algeria
ENOR backs artisanal gold mining as possible remedy for Sahara unrest

Algeria
Snubbed Citic still hopeful for huge phosphate project

Algeria
Tebboune seeks new partner for phosphate mega-project as China's Citic backs out

China, Kenya, United States
Mombasa-Nairobi: Kenyatta told to choose between China's Afristar railway and Bechtel's motorway project

Tunisia
Southern gas project: ETAP unblocks LPG bottling plant in Tataouine

Algeria
Mazouz bulks up in agri-foods with sugar plant