Group Managem is a Moroccan company that is active in the

mining industry Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

. It started operating since 1930 in the extraction of metals,

precious metals Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value. Chemically, the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements (see noble metal). They are usually ductile and have a high lustre. ...

cobalt Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, pr ...

and other minerals in Morocco and throughout Africa. Accused of overexploiting water and pollution, the company is also at the heart of an ongoing standoff with the villagers of

Imider Imider (Imiter) is a commune in the Tinghir Province of the Drâa-Tafilalet administrative region of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlo ...

, who have been occupying a water pipeline to one of the company's most fruitful

silver mines Silver mining is the extraction of silver from minerals, starting with mining. Because silver is often found in intimate combination with other metals, its extraction requires elaborate technologies. In 2008, ca.25,900 metric tons were consumed ...

, the Societé Metallurgique de Imiter (SMI).

External links

Official website of Group Managem
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References

{{Mohammed VI Société Nationale d'Investissement ONA Group Mining in Morocco Mining companies of Morocco 1996 establishments in Morocco