Siemens Energy to supply turbines for two wind farms in Morocco
EBR Staff Writer Siemens Energy has secured a contract from Nareva Holding to supply a total of 44 turbines for the Haouma and Foum El Oued wind energy projects in Morocco. The company will be responsible for the delivery, installation and commissioning of the wind...
Self-Immolations Mar Year of Reforms in Morocco
Washington Institute PolicyWatch By Sarah Feuer - Last week, five unemployed college graduates set themselves alight in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, echoing the December 2010 act of desperation by a Tunisian street vendor that helped spark revolts throughout the Arab...
Morocco: When governance, transparency, integrity, accountability, & public procurement entered the Constitution (World Bank Mena Blog)
By Laurence Folliot - Although many events from the Middle East and North Africa region have enjoyed large press coverage and headlines, one has remained, to date, a rather well-kept secret: the inclusion of governance and a dedicated provision on Public Procurement...
Tunisian President: 2012 Will Be The Maghreb Year¹
Addis Ababa - Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco have a "common future in the Grand Maghreb," said Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, adding that reinvigorating the Maghreb is a "top priority" for Tunisia and that "2012 will be the year of the Maghreb." The countries of...
Spanish PM Calls For New EU-Morocco Fishing Agreement
Madrid - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called, on Monday, for a new fishing agreement to be signed between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, official sources in Madrid said. “There is no reason to break off a fishing agreement that was going well and whish...
Member states still labouring over EU-Morocco negotiating mandate
Fisheries By Anne Eckstein Discussions on the draft brief to negotiate a new fisheries protocol between the European Union and Morocco are at a standstill in the Council's fisheries working group. Since they are unable to break the impasse, the experts have decided to...
British and Irish rowers safe after capsizing in Atlantic
Sara G crew member Mark Beaumont rowed 450 miles (724km) across the Arctic last year Five British rowers are adrift in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean after capsizing while trying to get from Morocco to Barbados, coastguards say. The crew, which also included...
Siemens makes first African wind sale with 100MW Morocco order
Photograph: Siemens Siemens has won an order to supply 100MW of turbines to projects in Morocco, marking the German group’s first wind equipment sales in Africa. The order is from Nareva Holding for 44 machines for the Haouma and Foum El Oued wind farms, and includes...
Arab spring News : Jan 30, 2012
Google business flourishing amid Arab Spring: Google's regional head Ahram Online Ahram Online: Is the turbulence in countries undergoing the Arab Springaffecting your investments negatively? Mohamed Gawdat: If we look at the rate of growth of Google's investments in...
Phosphate Mining in North America
By James Wellstead- Exclusive to Potash Investing News Despite boasting a relatively modest share of global mineralization, North America has long been a leading phosphate rock and fertilizer producing jurisdiction. While sliding phosphate prices have raised...