Metallic Additives

Metallic additives other than lead are not limited in Northern Africa.

In Algeria, lead was limited at 0.40 g/l in leaded gasoline regular and premium, and 0.013 g/l in gasoline unleaded until 2021, when lead in gasoline was phased-out.

Some samples of premium unleaded contained iron in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Iron was detected in the three grades of gasoline, but was mostly observed in premium unleaded. No iron was detected in 2020 and 2021.

Manganese was mostly observed in premium unleaded gasoline until 2019 but it was not found afterwards.

No lead, iron or manganese content was detected.

Lead was detected in two samples in 2012, above the limit of 5 mg/l, and it was not detected in any other sample in the subsequent years.

Iron was not det