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British exploration company Critical Mineral Resources has reported high-grade silver, copper and gold results from drilling at its Agadir Melloul project in Morocco, releasing assay results from 21 new diamond drill holes. Two holes, BH 174 and BH 175, returned particularly strong silver grades. BH 174 delivered the strongest result, with a 20-centimetre section starting […]
Morocco’s largest companies are increasingly turning to Europe for external growth, according to La Vie éco, which counts a wave of stake-taking announcements over the past three years. In June 2026, pharmaceutical group Laprophan completed its acquisition of Swiss firm Rivopharm, which generates annual revenue of around €100 million and brings 125 molecules, 1,500 product […]
Royal Mansour Marrakech has been named the best hotel in Africa after taking 26th place in The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2026 ranking. More than 800 independent experts from the global hospitality and travel industry voted, covering 13 regions. The hotel ranked 13th in 2025, a drop of 13 places, but kept the top position […]
Rubicon Water Company has been selected for $ a 12million irrigation modernization project in Morocco’s Tadla region. The Australian company has been chosen by the Office Régional de Mise en Valeur Agricole du Tadla (ORMVAT) for its advanced technology solutions. The Rubicon will modernize the main canals of the 69,600-hectare Béni Moussa irrigation perimeter in […]
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces and the Utah National Guard have conducted lately a joint training on small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) in Agadir as drones continue to shape modern military operations. The training brought together U.S. military organizations, including the Combined Arms Training Center, 7th Army Training Command, from U.S. Army Garrison Vilseck, Germany, […]
A newly signed framework agreement between Morocco and Mauritania to rehabilitate and expand the road from El Guerguerat border crossing to Nouakchott is poised to strengthen bilateral ties while advancing a strategic land corridor linking North Africa to West Africa. On September 21 in Rabat, Morocco’s Equipment and Water Minister, Nizar Baraka, and his Mauritanian […]
Morocco ranks among the most competitive manufacturing bases for clean technologies on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, according to a new industrial mapping released by the European Commission’s directorate for the MENA region. The recently published report assesses the capabilities of six countries in solar, wind, batteries and hydrogen. It identifies Morocco and Egypt […]
Moroccan mining group Managem reported a spectacular jump in profits for the first half of 2026, with net profit attributable to the group reaching 3.778 billion Moroccan dirhams (approximately $395 million), nearly ten times the 380 million dirhams recorded in the same period of 2025. The results, approved by the board of directors on September […]
Morocco has recorded the strongest growth among major suppliers of peppers to the European Union over the past ten years, with exports jumping 88.35% between the 2016/2017 and 2025/2026 campaigns, according to Euroestacom (ICEX-Eurostat) statistics. The Kingdom shipped 192,719 tons of peppers to EU member states in the 2025/2026 campaign, accounting for 12.72% of the […]
King Mohammed VI has condemned strongly the repeated heinous attacks perpetrated by terrorist Houthi militias against Saudi Arabia, reaffirmed support to the Gulf Kingdom, and pointed out that any aggression against Saudi Arabia is an aggression against Morocco. In two messages addressed to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Islam, King Salman bin […]