A consortium led by Spanish contractor Acciona has broken ground in Morocco on what will be Africa’s largest desalination plant at Lamharza Essahel, about 40km south of Casablanca. The $650m…

Bymaro, the Moroccan subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has been chosen to build the Mohammed VI university teaching hospital in Rabat. Designed by Paris-based AIA Architectes, the €450m hospital will be…

Spain and Morocco are considering building a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar in time for the 2030 World Cup Finals, Moroccan news site SNRT reports. It said the plans…

Morocco wants to upgrade 20 of its airports by 2045 and has put out an international tender for a consultant to draw up a blueprint. Commissioned by the General Directorate…

Morocco has issued a tender for a 375km high-speed railway between the port of Kenitra north of Rabat on the Atlantic coast to the city of Marrakech in the southwest.…

A consortium led by Moroccan architect Tarik Oualalou has been chosen to design the $500m Casablanca Grand football stadium, website Medias24 reports. It was chosen from a longlist of 12…

Morocco has set a target of investing $1bn a year in solar and wind power with the aim of generating a majority of its energy from renewables and cutting its…

Morocco will spend almost $2bn on a new football stadium and refurbishing six others in preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2030 World Cup, which it…

Morocco has this week opened a pipeline intended to transport 400 million cubic metres of water a year to Rabat and Casablanca, website Atalayar reports. The 66km pipeline cost around…

French train manufacturer Alstom has announced plans to invest €15m (160 million Moroccan dirham) in building a new production line at its factory in Fez, Morocco. The Fez plant currently…

Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with a Chinese electromotive group that wants to invest $6.4bn in a battery-making complex, website Utilities reports.  Gotion High-Tech, based in Hefei, specialises…

Morocco will spend $14.3bn on drinking water and irrigation schemes in a renewed push that started in 2020 and runs to 2027, news site Atalayar reports.  It has one of…

Belgian engineer John Cockerill has signed a strategic agreement with a Moroccan energy company to develop the North African country’s hydrogen sector. The joint venture aims to build an alkaline…

Moroccan national railway company ONCF has named French infrastructure company Egis general consultant for external control for its high-speed line connecting Kenitra to Marrakesh. The 430km railway is divided into…