African Journal of Geography and Regional Planning

African Journal of Geography and Regional Planning ISSN 3627-8945 Vol. 7 (8), pp. 001-015, August, 2020. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Historical timeline, global positioning and economic performance: the case of a Tunisia public mining firm

Mohsen Brahmi¹ and Sonia Ghorbel-Zouari²

¹University of Sfax, Faculty of Economics and Management, FEMS of Sfax, Tunisia

²University of Sfax, Higher Institute Business Administration, HIBAS of Sfax, Tunisia

Accepted 06 July, 2020

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is devoted to present one of the main nerves of the Tunisian economy, which is the deposit of phosphate rocks in south-western Tunisia wholly owned by the largest Tunisia Mining public Firm (T.P.G.C), which is actually the only industrial pole in the Gafsa Mining Basin region of Tunisia. In fact, Tunisia is more than a century in the Mining sector, this expertise has been put in the forefront of major countries phosphates rocks producing in worldwide. Although, Tunisia has qualified the second country in the world has deputed the recovery of phosphate fertilizers with an experience that exceeds a half-century in this business. However, despite intense competition, the Tunisian phosphate industry has recorded in recent years, mostly late 2008-2009 following the unprecedented overview of commodity prices in world market for phosphate fertilizer WMPF, efficiency remarkable gains improving the financial base Mining sector and which have direct consequences on the country's economic performance.

Keywords: Largest Tunisia mining public Firm, Industrial pole, Tunisian phosphate, Expertise, Competition, Efficiency gains.