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The Ministry of Mines and Energy (Portuguese: Ministério de Minas e Energia, MME) is a Brazilian government ministry established in 1960. It fosters investments in mining and energy -related activities, funds research and sets out government policies. Previously, mines and energy were the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is a top-level government entity in several countries, responsible for the oversight of mining and energy production and consumption. The following articles cover individual Ministries of Mines and Energy: Ministry of Energy and Mining (Algeria), of Algeria. Ministry of Mines and Energy (Brazil), of Brazil.
Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira has already acknowledged that the return of the daylight saving time was a possibility. He will attend an energy committee meeting later on Thursday ...
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MME) has the overall responsibility for policy setting in the electricity sector while ANEEL, which is linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency created in 1996 by Law 9427.
Energy consumption in Brazil increased at a slower pace, with an average annual growth rate of 0.5% between 2011 and 2021, compared to 3.3% between 2000 and 2010. Brazil continues to be one of the world's largest energy consumers, accounting for 2.0% of global consumption and 53.3% of South America’s consumption.
In 2019, Brazil's figures were as follows: it was the world's largest producer of niobium (88.9 thousand tons); [2] the 2nd largest world producer of tantalum (430 tons); [3] the 2nd largest world producer of iron ore (405 million tons); [4] the 4th largest world producer of manganese (1.74 million tons); [5] the 4th largest world producer of bauxite (34 million tons); [6] the 4th largest ...
In 2003, Alexandre Silveira was invited by the then vice president of Brazil, José Alencar, to occupy the position of general coordinator of the 6th Terrestrial Infrastructure Unit (Unit), a body linked to the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT). In 2004, he assumed the general directorate of DNIT, remaining in that position ...
It was only a year after these episodes, in May 2019, that the Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM), a research body linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, confirmed the relationship between the ground subsidence and the company's mining activities, in a report presented at the headquarters of the Federal Court in Alagoas. [6]