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For at least 20 years, there has been talk about how modern laws would turn Morocco’s mining industry around. This now looks increasingly like reality. Authorities say the kingdom’s 62-year-old mining code could finally be retired in 2013. Industry players and authorities agree that its longevity has stifled investment in a kingdom historically...

Located in the westernmost region of North Africa, Morocco has an impressively diversified economy and in recent years has benefited from steady growth. The country has strong trade links with the EU and has a young population – with the median age of its roughly 32m people at 27.3 years – which in turn provides the country with a large supply of available and comparatively skilled labour.

Chapter | Energy from The Report: Morocco 2013

As a rapidly growing country with only modest energy resources, Morocco’s dependence on external power supplies continued to increase over 2012, with the value of energy imports jumping 11.9% year-on-year from 2011 to 2012. With 96% of energy needs met by fossil fuel imports, especially oil and coal, the country is in a precarious fiscal position as government budgets grapple with elevated oil...

Chapter | Mining from The Report: Morocco 2013

With a new set of laws set to be passed in 2013 to replace the existing mining code, the government is seeking to open the sector to additional foreign investment and offer more concessions to extract and process the country’s mineral wealth. Phosphates mining accounted for 92.7% of the sector’s total production in 2011. Other mineral resources include gold, silver, barite, cobalt, copper,...
Alors que le Maroc continue de dépendre fortement des importations de combustibles fossiles, qui sont vendus aux consommateurs locaux à des taux inférieurs à ceux du marché, l’Etat cherche à réduire les répercussions du secteur de l’énergie sur les finances publiques en stimulant la production locale et en abaissant les subventions aux combustibles. Alors que les réserves prouvées de pétrole et de gaz sont très limitées, le Maroc compte aussi parmi les pays les moins explorés au monde.
Deux partenariats public-privé (PPP) pour le développement du secteur des énergies éoliennes et solaires sont en préparation au Maroc. C’est un signal positif dans le processus de réalisation des plans ambitieux du pays dans le secteur des énergies renouvelables.

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