The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Stephen Pale, opened this Monday the 10th Coordinator Council of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), held under the motto "Promoting Access and Local Use of Mineral and Energy Resources, Towards Integrated Development of Mozambique."
For two days, members of the government, industry technicians and partners analyze the main challenges and advances in mining, fuel, natural gas and energy, aligned with the Government's Five-Year Plan 2025-2029.
"This Council must be an area of frank reflection and definition of concrete ways to meet the expectations of our people. Only with discipline, transparency and collective commitment can we make our resources rich for all Mozambicans," said Minister Pale.
In his speech, Minister Pale highlighted advances in mining licensing, with the issue of 1,858 titles in 2024, representing 69% of pending applications. Tax debts of 2,15 billion Meticais have also been identified, of which 301.3 million have already been raised. Under the Energy for All Programme, the Minister announced that in the first half of 2025 only 264,321 new electrical connections were made, raising the rate of access to energy to 64%, towards the goal of universalization by 2030.
In the area of natural gas, Pale mentioned the approval of the North Coral Project FLNG in April this year, which will produce and liquefy natural gas from a floating platform and generate 23 billion US dollars of revenue for the state. It is a replica of the Coral Sul FLNG model, which has been in operation since 2022, and has already exported 120 shipments of LNG and 17 condensed to the international market, generating more than $235 million in revenue for the State.
Also in the field of natural gas, the Minister revealed that next November the Inhassoro Hydrocarbon Processing Infrastructure, operated by South African oil Sasol, will be inaugurated, which will allow the production of natural gas, light oil and LPG, also known as cooking gas, within the PSA, which will strengthen the availability of this energy resource in the domestic market.
" We are preparing Mozambique to be not only a producer, but also a firm supervisor and an active participant in the major energy projects," Pale stressed.
In the margins of the meeting, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Petroleum Institute (INP), Nazário Bangalane, stressed that the results achieved confirm the regulator’s commitment to ensuring transparency, rigour and maximisation of gains for the country.
"The INP has been strengthening supervision, control of recoverable costs and measurement of production. Our focus is to ensure that resources directly benefit Mozambicans, in particular local communities," the PCA said.
The meeting also discusses the revision of the Laws of Mines, Oils and Local Content, as well as the regulation of the Electricity Law, reforms considered essential for industrialization, job creation and justice in the distribution of the benefits of natural resources.
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