5-year plan to sharply boost phosphate output approved

Tunisia has approved an investment plan of nearly 525 million Tunisian dinars ($165 million) for the expansion of its phosphate production by almost five times by 2030, a newspaper reported on Monday. The five-year plan, which will start in 2025, will increase the production of phosphate by 1.5 million tonnes a year to almost 8.5 million tonnes by 2030, the newspaper said. “The plan was prompted by a sharp recovery in the phosphate industry last year after a steady decline in previous years,” it said. It Abdelkader Amaïdi, general manager…

Overall fill rate of dams stood at 35.7% 

The total filling level of dams in Tunisia stood at 35.7% on 7 March 2024. the latest data published on Friday by the National Observatory of Agriculture (ONAGRI) revealed. At 840 million cubic metres (m³), water reserves in these plants remained relatively stable compared to the same period last year. However, compared to the average recorded over the past three years, there has been a slight decline of 4.6%.  It is important to note that the fill rate varies significantly across regions. Dams in the north of the country have…