Salt: the white gold

Collection title

Collection EPTV

ID

EPT00173

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

05/08/1994

Production year

1994

Abstract

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is the scientific name of salt, material essential to the human body. This report is about the so-called white gold, in Algeria: its production dates back to a distant past, as the geology of the country is rich in salt. Algeria encouraged the salt industry by building one of the most important and modern complex in the world, to produce and commercialize this product. The report also outlines the physical characteristics of salt, the processing method and its production in Algeria throughout history.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Economy

Secondary themes

• Economy / Markets and crafts

Credits / Cast

• Bakhlili Slimane - Journalist

Period of events

• 1994

Map locations

• Algeria - South (Sahara) - Ouargla

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

25m1

Additional information