Kinross Gold’s 38 000 t/d mill expansion plan at the Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania, costing almost $2,7billion, is getting close to become a reality, after the company released prefeasibility study results which focused on the use of heavy fuel oil as an energy source. The study forwarded estimates which were based on about ten [...]
The country has launched its first solar plant, the Sheikh Zayed plant, in Nouakchott with a capacity of 15-megawatt in response to its rising energy demands. The plant is built by Masdar, funded by the United Arab Emirates government and will be operated by the Mauritania’s national electricity company, Société Mauritanienne d’Electricité. It’s the largest [...]
Akjoujt, a city located in the Wilaya of Inchiri, has started the 3rd edition of its annual festival ‘‘El Assala and Thaqhave’’ which means originality and culture under the banner “The role of Sport and Culture in Development.” The opening ceremony was graced by dignitaries ranging from political, administrative and security officers among others from [...]
The King of Morocco is starting as of Friday March 15 an official visit to Senegal, first leg of an African tour that will also take him to Gabon and Cote d’Ivoire. The visit to Senegal is not a surprise to anyone, as king Mohammed VI has always included the Dakar phase in his trips [...]
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Mauritania and Algeria is at its final stages. The MoU is with regards to fishing licenses being granted to Algerian fishing operators by the Mauritanian authorities. It is being reported that the conditions guiding the usage of the licenses and the procedures to be followed by the Algerian operators [...]
Sunday was a very busy day for the minister of economic affairs and development, Mr. Sidi Ould Tah, as he received delegates from two different financial institutions; the Saudi Fund for Development and the representative of the World Bank to the country in separate occasions. First to take his turn with Minister Sidi Ould Tah [...]
In a bid to uplift its agricultural sector, the Mauritanian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with The National Prawn Company and Al Rajhi International Company for Investment, also known as ‘Al-Rajhi Alliance’ equivalent to a billion dollar investment. The move is in accordance with Saudi Arabia’s king Abdullah intiative to encourage agricultural investments [...]
The president of the world football governing body (FIFA), Joseph S. Blatter, is expected this Wednesday in Nouakchott, first leg of a six day tour that will also take him to Guinea, Botswana and South Africa. At his first port of call, Blatter is to confer with the president of the Mauritanian football association (FFRIM) [...]
The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) granted Mauritania over S10.5 million to help it upgrade electricity facilities and meet the growing demand in nearly 30 cities in the interior of the country up to year 2020. The related agreement was initialled in Nouakchott by Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Sidi [...]
The fisheries agreement between Mauritania and the European Union has been dealt a blow after it was criticized before being rejected by the member of parliaments and representatives of the EU fleet due to its technical flaws. Other parliamentarians considered it to be short of satisfying the demands of the European industry. Nevertheless, it was [...]
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