NMP Advogados provides a comprehensive overview of the steps and phases necessary for licensing, environmental impact assessments, and approval processes for energy projects in Mozambique, up to the ready-to-build phase.

The government of the Republic of Mozambique, through its petroleum regulatory agency, the Institute of National Petroleum (INP), has announced a competitive tender...

On July 5, 2024, the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (Ministério dos Recursos Minerais e Energia - "MIREME") published Ministerial Diploma No. 55/2024 ("DM 55/2024") to establish within the scope...

Renewable energies: the concession may be granted by direct award when it concerns electricity production using non-public domain assets...

Despite the COVID-19 outbreak and the unprecedented impacts the lockdown measures have had on global economic activity, one of the largest infrastructure financing deals to date (~$15bn) was closed.

Mozambique is one of the largest producers of aluminium, beryllium and tantalum, whereas the Zambian economy is heavily dependent on copper and cobalt.

Mozambique has enacted a comprehensive revision of its Petroleum Law through Law No. 8/2026, fundamentally restructuring the country's oil and gas regulatory framework with expanded state participation, new contractual regimes, and strengthened environmental and community protections. The new statute introduces significant changes including increased minimum state participation through ENH to 15%, mandatory associations between foreign and local service providers, and enhanced domestic market supply obligat

The aim is to foster national and foreign investment by promoting a stable and inclusive regulatory environment.