The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, met on Tuesday afternoon, September 29, 2026, at the Ministry’s headquarters, with researcher Ismaïl Zarrouk, a member of the Supreme Council of National Scientific Competencies Abroad and a member of the research staff at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, accompanied by several Earth sciences researchers from the Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology.

The meeting focused on exploring ways to strengthen and promote scientific research on rare earth elements in the Hoggar mountain range, thereby contributing to a deeper scientific understanding of the region’s geological resources and exploring opportunities for their valorization through scientific research and cooperation between Algerian scientific expertise based in Algeria and abroad.