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Moroccan scientists unveil new ventilator

Efforts to produce ventilators, key to the treatment of coronavirus severe cases, are adding up with the new invention of 100% Moroccan respiration device last week. This new ventilator comes after aerospace parts suppliers in the country launched the production of 500 ventilators and are working on a more advanced version for cases requiring intubation. […]

Egypt’s Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad Resigns to Lead UN Desertification Body

Egypt’s Environment Minister, Dr Yasmine Fouad, has officially resigned to assume her new post as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Egyptian cabinet confirmed on Sunday, July 20. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepted her resignation and appointed Local Development Minister Manal Awad to temporarily oversee the Environment portfolio alongside […]

South Korea’s LG considers EV battery factory in Morocco

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) considers setting up a factory to make key electric battery component cathodes together with Chinese firms in Morocco, where numerous EV battery factories are under development. Wonjoon Suh, head of LGES’ advanced automotive battery division, told Reuters the company is negotiating partnerships with Chinese LFP cathodes makers, who produce […]