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High-grade gold discovery positions Morocco in global mining landscape

Morocco has unveiled a significant gold discovery in the Guelmim region, with 34 high-grade quartz veins containing between 3 and 30 grams of gold per ton, according to Australian mining platform Discovery Alert. The find could establish Morocco as a credible competitor in North African gold production, challenging established producers like Egypt. The discovery emerged […]

Morocco’s Managem rejects allegations by German newspaper on arsenic levels

Morocco’s largest mining company, Managem, categorically rejected allegations spread by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung regarding its Abou Azzer cobalt mine. The allegations were related to arsenic levels due to mine operations and labor standards. “At Bou-Azzer, the ore is handled in full compliance with mining employee protection rules, from the moment it is mined through […]

World Bank ready to increase its support to Morocco

The World Bank Vice-Pdt for the MENA region Farid Belhaj has voiced the bank’s readiness to increase its support to Morocco in social and economic sectors to enable the Kingdom take up development challenges. At separate meetings in Rabat with Head of Government Saad Dine El Otmani and Moroccan Minister of Economy & Finance Mohamed […]