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

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.