How will Morocco benefit from China's battery industry?

Morocco is starting to benefit as a bridge between Chinese companies and western markets as countries race to build battery industries that will determine the future shape of the automotive and clean energy sectors.

Will Morocco build a lithium refinery & cathode plant?

Morocco gained a further boost on Sunday after South Korea’s LG Chem and China’s Huayou Cobalt said they would build a lithium refinery and cathode materials plant in the country.

Is the Mont Tropic underwater lithium deposit a threat to Morocco?

The Mont Tropic underwater lithium deposit, located near the border with Mauritania and the Canary Islands, is believed to be one of the largest strategic mineral reserves in Africa. Exploiting it would require mining groups prepared to take high geopolitical and environmental risks, even if these would necessarily be shared with Moroccan groups.

Should Morocco lift the moratorium on underwater mining?

At the last International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference in Kingston, Jamaica from 24 to 28 July, Morocco was one of the African states most in favour of lifting the moratorium on underwater mining. A sign that the kingdom is interested in developing these strategic metal deposits off its southern coast.