Ahouli (or Aouli) is an abandoned mining village in central Morocco. Once one of the most important lead deposits in Morocco,[1][2][3] the nearby Ahouli and Mibladen mines are now abandoned. It is located on a valley along upper Moulouya river, about 25 kilometers north from Midelt.[4] For more than ten years, thousands of illegal miners risked their lives in its galleries daily.[5][6]
Ahouli | |
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Abanonded mining village | |
  Ahouli | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′19″N 4°34′32″W / 32.8386°N 4.5756°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Drâa-Tafilalet |
| Province | Midelt Province |
The French company Penarroya operated the sites from 1928 to the 1960s,[7][8][9] employing hundreds of Moroccan workers[10][11][12] and producing tens of thousands of tons of lead annually, most of which was exported to France.[13][14]
References
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- ^ Mines, United States Bureau of (1951). Materials Survey: Lead, 1950. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Rausch, Donald O.; Cotterill, Carl Hayden (1970). AIME World Symposium on Mining & Metallurgy of Lead & Zinc: Mining and concentrating of lead and zinc, edited by D. O. Rausch and B. C. Mariacher. American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.
- ^ Ellingham, Mark (2001). The Rough Guide to Morocco. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-601-3.
- ^ Honnor, Julius (2012-08-21). Morocco Footprint Handbook. Footprint Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-907263-31-6.
- ^ "VIDÉO - Les mineurs clandestins d'Ahouli, au Maroc". Le HuffPost (in French). 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ Boahen, Albert Adu (1987). L'Afrique sous domination coloniale, 1880-1935 (in French). UNESCO. ISBN 978-92-3-201713-0.
- ^ Gallissot, René (1964). Le patronat européen au Maroc: action sociale, action politique, 1931-1942 (in French). Éditions techniques nord-africaines.
- ^ Foreign Minerals Quarterly: A Regional Review of Foreign Mineral Resources, Production, and Trade. The Branch. 1938.
- ^ Unions, World Federation of Trade (1967). Trade Union Press: International Bulletin of the Trade Union and Working Class Press.
- ^ Aouchar, Amina (2002). Colonisation et campagne berbère au Maroc (in French). Afrique Orient. ISBN 978-9981-25-233-2.
- ^ Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens (in French). October 1971.
- ^ Mines, United States Bureau of (1955). Mineral Trade Notes. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
- ^ Rausch, Donald O.; Cotterill, Carl Hayden (1970). AIME World Symposium on Mining & Metallurgy of Lead & Zinc: Mining and concentrating of lead and zinc, edited by D. O. Rausch and B. C. Mariacher. American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.