13-14 November 2024, Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco
“Developing Morocco as the global hub for critical minerals exploration, production & processing”.
The inaugural edition of the Morocco International Mining Congress (CIM Morocco) will take place from 13 – 14 November2024 in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco. CIM Morocco is organised by FDIM (The Mining Federation of Industrial Minerals of Morocco) and AME Trade Ltd. CIM Morocco is supported at the highest level by the Ministry of Energy Transition & Sustainable Development, Kingdom of Morocco.
The main theme of CIM Morocco will be “Developing Morocco as the global hub for critical minerals exploration, production & processing”.
CIM Morocco will feature a two-day mining business focussed conference with innovative sessions, interactive roundtables & workshops, co-located trade event, packed social programme and technical visits to Morocco’s major mining projects.
Morocco has it all to be Africa’s premier sustainable mining investment destination including a diverse mineral offering, producing mineral substances including phosphates, lead, zinc, copper, gold, silver, cobalt, manganese, fluorine, and barite. Three quarters of the planet’s known phosphate reserves emanate from Morocco, and it is the world’s top exporter of crude phosphates. Morocco was Africa’s most attractive mining investment destination in 2021 and 8th worldwide due to its mineral potential and new mining legislation. The country has an ambitious plan: to double 2020 revenue from non-phosphate mining to greater than $1.7 billion by 2030, this is coupled with a green strategy for responsible & sustainable mining in agreement with the European Union.
Morocco has the potential to be the centre of the global battery minerals production and processing revolution. Battery industry giants have announced three major electric vehicle battery plants in Morocco. The Kingdom is the world’s ninth largest producer of cobalt with a production of 2,000tn a year. The country aims to exploit its cobalt reserves as part of the supply chain for rechargeable batteries.
CIM Morocco is an event with predefined objectives set to reach definitive outcomes including: presenting the mining investment framework in the Kingdom of Morocco, informing all the parties about the reforms carried out and those underway in the mining sector, exploring different innovative financing methods for mining projects, reflecting on a strategy to make the Kingdom of Morocco a major player in the world mining sector through the sustainable diversification of its mineral resources, identifying the best strategies to improve the value chain through on-site processing of mining products, promoting the synergy between the mining sector and energy, reconciling mining with environmental protection, community development and local content, optimizing the sharing of profits from the mining sector among all stakeholders and developing North Africa’s leading Pan African mining investment showcase for networking and business development.