SNIM’s vision takes sustainable development into account. Its socioeconomic role in Mauritania is particularly in evidence along the 700km route of the Zouerate-Nouadhibou railway.

SNIM contributes widely to the fight against poverty and unemployment and to the economic development of the country through GDP, exports and the budget.

SNIM also provides the populations of the Nouadhibou-Zouerate corridor with several basic social services, including:

• water and electricity for Zouerate and F Dérick
• water distribution along the railway
• electricity for the populations settled near the railway bases
• railway transport of persons and goods
• medical care
• annual budgetary support for municipalities in the corridor