Morocco’s OCP group has selected Scottish mining technology Company Weir to provide energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the next phase of OCP’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects. Under a £25 million contract, Weir pledges to support the continued construction of the Louta project and the trebling of production from the Benguerir project, where Weir […]
Morocco sits on tremendous uranium reserves thanks to its world’s largest phosphates deposits that could help the country power its desalination plants and export surplus, the Middle East Institute said. The paper, by Michael Tanchum, recalls that 73% of the world’s phosphate rock reserves contain an estimated 6.9 million tons of uranium, that compares to […]
Egypt has begun the construction of its first integrated fishing port in the city of Rosetta, on the Mediterranean, “Egypt Today” reports. The project, valued at $19.4 million, will feature a quay whose capacity is 60 fishing boats per hour, and another dedicated to maintenance. The quay will be equipped with a tugboat whose capacity […]
