Madar (Algiers) - A comprehensive inventory of industrial land will make it possible to steer investment to the regions that need it and boost local development, Algeria's industry minister said on Thursday, November 12, 2026, according to state-run Algerian Radio.
Speaking at a plenary session of oral questions in the National People's Assembly, the minister said the inventory "will give the state a reference database" for economic decision-making, by increasing land supply in provinces that lack it and directing investment to areas needing economic development, with a view to regional balance.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had ordered the immediate launch of a full census of industrial land at the council of ministers on September 9, the same source said.
Answering a question on Tebessa province, the minister said it has 3 industrial zones owned by the state's private domain and 16 activity zones, 6 of them state-owned.
He said the State Shareholdings Council on Monday formally approved the transfer of the assets of Tebessa's pipe-making company to the Sonelgaz group after a long halt in activity, and that the plant is expected to resume production before the end of the year.
The hollow-glass packaging plant of the Algerian Glass Company-East (SOFAST), in the same province, has been completed and is expected to be inaugurated before the end of the year, he added.
On the planned cement plant in El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, a subsidiary of the GICA group is preparing a feasibility study, and geological exploration has been launched for kaolin, needed for white cement and so far found only in Jijel province.
