Morocco
Population (World Bank): 37,840,044 (2023)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 4.4% (2023)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 0 Mb/d (2024)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 120
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Mining Sector (NRGI): 49/100
EITI Status: None
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Mining Decree (No. 1-16-131), 2016 (French)
Mining Law (No. 33-13), 2015 (French)
Law on Research and exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits, 1990 (French)
Local Content Relevant News:
November 2022 – OCP Group: Adding value to the land and creating local opportunities
October 2022 – OilServ Canvasses Increased Local Content In $25bn Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project
March 2021 – Four questions to the Secretary General of ONHYM
June 2020 – Morocco’s Strategy to Diversify Economy Beyond Phosphates Pays Off
February 2020 – The Diversification of Mining Production Remains the Great Challenge for Africa
Analysis and Case Studies:
Hackenbruch (2022) – Accelerating Localization through Adjacent Cluster Sector Strategies in the MENA region
Akinsemolu (2020) – Contribution of the extractive industry to sustainability in the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region
Olawuyi (2017) – Local Content Requirements in Oil and Gas Contracts: Regional Trends in the Middle East and North Africa
Finan (2017) – Mining in Morocco: A legal overview
Ali and Msadfa (2016) – Industrial Policy, Structural Change and Global Value Chains Participation: Case study of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt
Owusu and Vaaland (2016) – A business network perspective on local content in emerging African petroleum nations (Paywall)
Speers and Henchy (2016) – Managing the Oil and Gas Talent Equation: Location, Skill and Commitment (Paywall)
Bond and Fajgenbaum (2014) – Harnessing Natural Resources for Diversification (Paywall)
Al-Rawashdeh et al. (2013) – Understanding Oil and Mineral Resources in a Political Economy Context: The Case of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Paywall)
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