Private company
Société de l'Ouenza
Algerian iron mining company
The Société de l'Ouenza was an Algerian iron ore mining company founded in 1913 and nationalized in 1966. It exploited rich deposits of high-quality ore at two sites in northeast Algeria near the Tunisian border.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Société de l'Ouenza was an Algerian iron ore mining company founded in 1913 and nationalized in 1966. It exploited rich deposits of high-quality ore at two sites in northeast Algeria near the Tunisian border.2
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- WikipediaSociété de l'Ouenza
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- WikidataQ16677226
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- 1WikidataSociété de l'Ouenza on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSociété de l'Ouenza on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSociété de l'Ouenza photo by Escondites, Public domain