Mineral Resources Authority Holds Annual States Forum in Port Sudan
The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company held its annual forum for states on Tuesday evening at its headquarters in Port Sudan. The event aims to enhance coordination between the federal center and the states and to support plans for regulating the mining sector.
The forum was chaired by Acting Director-General, Geological Consultant Osman Suleiman Hamad, and attended by Hatem Al-Bashri, Director of the General Administration for State Affairs, Police Major General Salah Al-Din Adam, Director of the Mining Security Police, along with several department heads.
The discussions covered key issues including state visions and plans for the upcoming phase, the 2026 annual plan, performance-development projects, gold-transport procedures and forms, and restructuring the traditional mining system given its importance to local communities.
The forum also addressed the company’s visual identity project, digital-transformation plans, and proposals to unify administrative and technical procedures in markets to streamline operations and strengthen oversight. Mining-security issues and field challenges facing regulatory bodies were also discussed.
The session saw extensive exchanges among state managers and senior administrators, focusing on strengthening oversight, developing joint mechanisms, improving working environments, increasing production, and protecting mineral wealth.
Hatem Al-Bashri stressed that the forum aims to enhance performance and develop state-level operations to achieve national goals in regulating, formalizing, and advancing the mining sector, while maximizing production and revenues.
He pledged continued efforts to strengthen cooperation between the federal center and states and to implement the forum’s recommendations in line with the Ministry of Minerals’ agenda.
