The largest silver mine in Africa with the Moroccan village of Imidar
The largest silver mine in Africa with the Moroccan village of Imidar
The largest silver mine in Africa with the Moroccan village of Imidar
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| Imidar Metal Company Maaden Emirer is an important economic resource in the Ouarzazate region, and the best (SMI) is the silver mines in Morocco, but in Africa. Located in the north of Mount Sagro, 150 km east of Ouarzazate, 1500 meters above sea level, the company was founded in 1969 as an open metal mine. Mining works were initiated only in 1978 by the BRPM, The production range of silver metal is between 200 and 240 tons per year with a purity of 99.5%. The price of silver has increased in recent years The mine is supervised by a mining company belonging to the Royal Rolling Company, the national investment company "AC Ni", which this year made a big profit General definition of mine The Imidar mine is located in the northern slope of Mount Sagro near the village of Imidar of Tangerir, Ouarzazate province, the first silver mine in Morocco and the tenth in Africa. It began to be exploited since the Middle Ages between the 8th and the 12th centuries, between the two eras and the monotheists - as evidenced by the coins of that period made of silver mine - the works were then confined to a plate of 300 meters in length not more than 60 meters deep, After being flooded, and forgets forever. In the 1960s, the topographical survey will help uncover it, and the works will start again. The research was initiated by the Office of Research and Mineral Contributions (BRPM). However, the task of carrying out studies, evaluation of primitive works and launching of new works required the creation of a new company in 1969, which led to the birth of SMI, which contributed to its capital The Bureau of Research and Mineral Contributions (69 per cent) and the North African Omnium (ONA) by 31 per cent to 1996 (the year of privatization). The company aimed to revive old exploitation activities. After a large campaign to explore the metal by introducing modern technologies, where it was confirmed the existence of huge reserves for the transformation of works to the ground in 1978 -1. In the following years, the company has set up an expansion project that includes new social infrastructure such as the residential district of Battinger, which includes 300 housing units for workers with its various cultural and sports facilities ... and metal structures such as the treatment plant. With a production capacity of between 14 and 15 tons of silver per month, and annually produces an average of 200 tons of pure export-oriented silver to Europe, especially France and Switzerland, where it is used in the film industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc. Not only is the "mines" One of the components of Una, in Morocco, but invaded African countries such as Guinea and Niger 
Imidar Metal Company
Labor
Ma'aden Emire currently employs 382 workers (including 80 technicians), 18 engineers and almost the same number of workers employed by subcontractors that have been brought to work in the mine in recent years. In the General Administration of White, there are 11 employees of the mine.
And the smelting of metals, especially the mercury metal produced by the Mine and the silver
Privatization of the mine
Under these distinctive strong attendance of union conditions, the state will be skipping the mine for the benefit of the pole "mines" (Alhodink Mining Group Ona) in 1996. If Bourgoazio Ona have accumulated huge profits since 1969 through their shares in the company (SMI) «where the silver price stood at some years AED 6 per gram, note that the cost does not exceed 60 centimes per gram, they will receive only preference years 96 to miss the process of state of the four mines wholesale, in the framework of the privatization policy of the price of no more than 644 million dirhams »according to a newspaper -4- and the exclusion of investors others of the deal, and without disclosure standards adopted in the Open The hand of the price and the results of the evaluation and experience (Odette) done by a private company, in order to hide the true size of the mineral savings stored by, especially Amadhar-mine 5.. This preferential slippage made other investors, foreigners and Moroccans, they are considered quasi-public sector Ona because of the support it enjoys by Almaskeyn in control of the state. It is known that the royal family to contribute to its return Ona its share of profits, since the departure of the colonial powers server Thami, who were those colleges powers allocated to him share a decent meeting its cooperation to provide security for its interests in southern Morocco
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The village of Imidar village on the outskirts of Tangerir Mount Ighir area of Imidar 140.00 km square The total population according to the general census of population and housing for the year 2004 about 5000 people
The area of Imidar is 140.00 square kilometers. According to the general census of population and housing for the year 2004, the population is about 5000 people
Imidar Metal Company
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| Imidar Metal Company Maaden Emirer is an important economic resource in the Ouarzazate region, and the best (SMI) is the silver mines in Morocco, but in Africa. Located in the north of Mount Sagro, 150 km east of Ouarzazate, 1500 meters above sea level, the company was founded in 1969 as an open metal mine. Mining works were initiated only in 1978 by the BRPM, The production range of silver metal is between 200 and 240 tons per year with a purity of 99.5%. The price of silver has increased in recent years The mine is supervised by a mining company belonging to the Royal Rolling Company, the national investment company "AC Ni", which this year made a big profit General definition of mine The Imidar mine is located in the northern slope of Mount Sagro near the village of Imidar of Tangerir, Ouarzazate province, the first silver mine in Morocco and the tenth in Africa. It began to be exploited since the Middle Ages between the 8th and the 12th centuries, between the two eras and the monotheists - as evidenced by the coins of that period made of silver mine - the works were then confined to a plate of 300 meters in length not more than 60 meters deep, After being flooded, and forgets forever. In the 1960s, the topographical survey will help uncover it, and the works will start again. The research was initiated by the Office of Research and Mineral Contributions (BRPM). However, the task of carrying out studies, evaluation of primitive works and launching of new works required the creation of a new company in 1969, which led to the birth of SMI, which contributed to its capital The Bureau of Research and Mineral Contributions (69 per cent) and the North African Omnium (ONA) by 31 per cent to 1996 (the year of privatization). The company aimed to revive old exploitation activities. After a large campaign to explore the metal by introducing modern technologies, where it was confirmed the existence of huge reserves for the transformation of works to the ground in 1978 -1. In the following years, the company has set up an expansion project that includes new social infrastructure such as the residential district of Battinger, which includes 300 housing units for workers with its various cultural and sports facilities ... and metal structures such as the treatment plant. With a production capacity of between 14 and 15 tons of silver per month, and annually produces an average of 200 tons of pure export-oriented silver to Europe, especially France and Switzerland, where it is used in the film industry, pharmaceutical industry, etc. Not only is the "mines" One of the components of Una, in Morocco, but invaded African countries such as Guinea and Niger
Imidar Metal Company
Labor
Ma'aden Emire currently employs 382 workers (including 80 technicians), 18 engineers and almost the same number of workers employed by subcontractors that have been brought to work in the mine in recent years. In the General Administration of White, there are 11 employees of the mine.
And the smelting of metals, especially the mercury metal produced by the Mine and the silver
Privatization of the mine
Under these distinctive strong attendance of union conditions, the state will be skipping the mine for the benefit of the pole "mines" (Alhodink Mining Group Ona) in 1996. If Bourgoazio Ona have accumulated huge profits since 1969 through their shares in the company (SMI) «where the silver price stood at some years AED 6 per gram, note that the cost does not exceed 60 centimes per gram, they will receive only preference years 96 to miss the process of state of the four mines wholesale, in the framework of the privatization policy of the price of no more than 644 million dirhams »according to a newspaper -4- and the exclusion of investors others of the deal, and without disclosure standards adopted in the Open The hand of the price and the results of the evaluation and experience (Odette) done by a private company, in order to hide the true size of the mineral savings stored by, especially Amadhar-mine 5.. This preferential slippage made other investors, foreigners and Moroccans, they are considered quasi-public sector Ona because of the support it enjoys by Almaskeyn in control of the state. It is known that the royal family to contribute to its return Ona its share of profits, since the departure of the colonial powers server Thami, who were those colleges powers allocated to him share a decent meeting its cooperation to provide security for its interests in southern Morocco
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MOHAMED NAJIB SAAAD
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