Ahouli

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
Abanonded mining village
Ahouli
Coordinates: 32.8386°N 4.5756°W / 32.8386; -4.5756
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

1. Bulletin économique et social du Maroc (in French). Société d'études économiques, sociales, et statistiques. 1956.
2. Mines, United States Bureau of (1951). Materials Survey: Lead, 1950. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. 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.
4. Ellingham, Mark (2001). The Rough Guide to Morocco. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-601-3.
5. Honnor, Julius (2012-08-21). Morocco Footprint Handbook. Footprint Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-907263-31-6.
6. "VIDÉO - Les mineurs clandestins d'Ahouli, au Maroc". Le HuffPost (in French). 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
7. Boahen, Albert Adu (1987). L'Afrique sous domination coloniale, 1880-1935 (in French). UNESCO. ISBN 978-92-3-201713-0.
8. Gallissot, René (1964). Le patronat européen au Maroc: action sociale, action politique, 1931-1942 (in French). Éditions techniques nord-africaines.
9. Foreign Minerals Quarterly: A Regional Review of Foreign Mineral Resources, Production, and Trade. The Branch. 1938.
10. Unions, World Federation of Trade (1967). Trade Union Press: International Bulletin of the Trade Union and Working Class Press.
11. Aouchar, Amina (2002). Colonisation et campagne berbère au Maroc (in French). Afrique Orient. ISBN 978-9981-25-233-2.
12. Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens (in French). October 1971.
13. Mines, United States Bureau of (1955). Mineral Trade Notes. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
14. 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.