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Chinese Government provides 13.8 million grant for Western High Atlas Geochemical Mapping Project (Linked to Record ID#56450)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,481,065
Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•MoroccoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MoroccoSector•Industry, Mining, ConstructionFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2015

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Geological Survey
  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Morocco

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Geological Survey

Loan description

Chinese Government provides 13.8 million grant for Western High Atlas Geochemical Mapping Project (Linked to Record ID#56450)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

According to an online database of development projects (‘Carte des Projets de Développement au Maroc’) maintained by the Budget Directorate of the Government of Morocco’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Chinese Government committed MAD 13.8 million of grant funding for the Western High Atlas Geochemical Mapping Project in 2015. This project involved the creation of 4 geochemical maps for Morocco’s Western High Atlas region (la région du Haut Atlas occidental). The ultimate aim of the project was to facilitate the continued sale of Moroccan phosphate fertilizers to China and explore Morocco’s subsoil for other mining resources. Since 1958, Morocco has sold phosphate fertilizers to Sinochem, the leading producer and distributor of fertilizers in China. China Geological Survey (Service géologique de Chine) — a government-owned, not-for-profit, Chinese organization — was responsible for the implementation of this project. According to the Government of Morocco’s Ministry of Finance, the Chinese Government had disbursed MAD 10,943,400 of grant funding in support of this project as of March 28, 2018.

Staff comments

The French project title is Elaboration de quatres cartes géochimiques et géologiques dans la région du Haut Atlas occidental or 04 cartes superposées géologiques et géochimiques au 1/50.000 dans le Haut Atlas. This project may be related to Record ID#56450, which in French is called ’Elaboration de quatres cartes géochimiques et géologiques dans la région du Haut Atlas occidental’ and roughly translates to ‘Development of four geochemical and geological maps in the region of the Western High Atlas.’