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.

Overview

1913Founded1
  • Industrymining of metal ores1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Legal formsociété anonyme1
Ouenza Station
Photo: Escondites, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

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

Timeline

  1. 1966Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1913Founded Founded1

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