The General Director of El Hadjar Iron and Steel Complex in Algeria, Lotfi Kamal Menaa, revealed that about 25,000 tons of iron products were exported to eight countries during the first quarter of this year.
Lotfi Menaa, in a statement to the Algerian News Agency, confirmed that Sider El Hadjar has started exporting the first shipments of iron products during the first quarter of 2022 to Tunisia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Niger, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon.
The General Director said that the Complex intends to increase the volume of exports of iron products during 2022 to 200,000 tonnes out of total production of 800,000 tonnes.
In 2021, Sider El Hadjar exported 150,000 tonnes of steel products out of total production of more than 500,000 tonnes of long and flat iron products, seamless pipes, rebar and other finished and semi-finished products.