00:00After decades of delays, the project has moved from plans to reality.
00:11President Abdelmageed Tabun inaugurated the 950-kilometer railway linking the remote garage billet mine in the deep south to the northern mining hub of Mishar,
00:22forming part of a broader corridor extending toward Mediterranean ports.
00:27In a span of 20 months, this giant railway line was completed through Algerian determination,
00:35Algerian financing and Algerian expertise together with our Chinese partners.
00:40Officials say the rail link removes the main logistical obstacle that kept one of the world's largest iron ore reserves idle for decades,
00:50allowing the first commercial shipments of ore to move out of the Sahara.
00:56The deeper we go into the mine, the better the quality of the iron.
01:01The garage billet deposit is estimated to hold more than 3.5 billion tons of iron ore,
01:07with production expected to start at a few million tons per year before scaling up significantly over the coming decades.
01:16Railways represent a key linking mechanism between the different components, whether mining or industrial.
01:23Algeria's strategic objective is not to export raw materials or iron in its unprocessed form,
01:29but to enhance its value by integrating it into a transformative industrial cycle that generates greater added value from these underground resources.
01:39China has played a central role in this transformation, providing engineering expertise, rail construction capacity and industrial know-how through companies such as China Railway Construction Corporation and Sinus Steel.
01:55The Chinese-Algerian partnership once again demonstrates its economic efficiency and reliability.
02:03For both Algeria and China, it is a trust-based win-win cooperation across key strategic sectors.
02:10With investments potentially reaching $15 billion, authorities say the garage billet mine and its railway lifeline could reshape Algeria's industrial landscape,
02:21boosting steel production, creating jobs and positioning the country as a future mining and industrial hub, serving Africa, Europe and beyond.
02:32I've been so wishy. See JTN.
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