Abstract:
One of the hottest sectors of nanotechnology - nanoparticle zinc oxide - is becoming a little bit hotter with the entrance of a new player into the marketplace. The new producer, Casablanca-based Managem, is the mining arm of Moroccan financial holding company ONA. And its emergence as a supplier of specialty mineral derivatives is a linchpin of the firm's strategy to diversify from the ups and downs of commodity mining, according to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rachid Benyakhlef.