★ PREMIUM
Business
Artisanal miners become Uganda’s biggest extractive producers
At mineral level, iron ore dominated Uganda’s production, with a value of sh289.35b, accounting for 62.25% of total production of sh464b. Limestone followed with sh102.92b (22.13%), while pozzolana contributed sh23.22b (4.99%). Other minerals included syenitic aggregate valued at sh6.36b, kaolin at sh3.69b, marble at sh2.93b, volcanic ash at sh1.34b, wolfram at sh1.23b, gold at sh785m, feldspar (sh47m) and granite that generated sh5.6m.
Miners pick gold stones at a mine. The ASMs’ production represented 32.6% of the total production, placing small-scale miners ahead of the top 10 large industrial mining and cement companies.
By: John Odyek and Derrick Muduku, Journalists @New Vision
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) accounted for nearly a third of Uganda’s extractive production in the 2023/2024 financial year, emerging as the largest production category.
This is according
This is according