ArcelorMittal signs investment agreement with Sider for US$763m investment in Algeria

ArcelorMittal and Sider, an Algerian state-owned company, have finalized a strategic agreement including an investment plan of US$763m for the steel complex at Annaba and the mines in Ouenza and Boukhadra. The plan includes a project to more than double the plant’s production capacity from 1 million to 2.2 million tons per year by 2017.