Mineral exports earned Uganda US$6.6m. in 2002, and the government projected 7.6% growth, to $7.1m., for 2003. Copper, apatite, tungsten, berly, columbo-tantalite, gold, bismuth, phosphate, limestone and tin are amongst the minerals Uganda produces.
Investing in Uganda’s Mineral Sector
Some of the mineral targets being developed for mining and/or processing include the Kasese cobalt processing; Tira gold mine near Busia; Bjordal wolfram mine at Nyamuliro, Kabale; Wampewo tantalite mine, Wakiso; Kisita gold mine near Kyakidu, Mubende, and Namekhara vermiculite mine in Bukusu, Mbale.
Simplified Geology of Uganda
The Mineral Industry of Uganda by Harold R. Newman, United States Geological Survey, 2008
The Mineral Industries of Kenya and Uganda by Thomas R. Yager, United States Geological Survey, 2002
In recent years, the East African country of Uganda was known to produce cobalt, columbium (niobium), gold, iron ore, steel, tantalum, tin, and tungsten. Uganda also has produced such industrial minerals as gypsum, kaolin and other clays, lime, phosphate rock, salt, and vermiculite, and such building materials as cement, limestone, and pozzolanic materials.
The Mineral Industry of Uganda by Omayra Bermúdez, United States Geological Survey, 1999
The Mineral Industry of Uganda by Philip M. Mobbs, Unites States Geological Survey, 1997
Companies and State Institutions active in the Mining and Mineral Industry
Geological Survey and Mines Department
This the lead government agency operating under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, technically responsible for the administration and management of the mineral sector.
Muko Iron Ore Development Co. Ltd (MIDECO)
A consortium of 20 ugandan investors which exploits haematite iron ore in southwestern Uganda in Kabale District for iron and steel products.
Mining Exploration / Prospecting News and Reports
Uganda: Govt Gets Sh3.3 Billion From Mining Licences. Anthony Bugembe and Ibrahim Kasita. 17 July 2009
Uganda: Country in Mineral Boom by Ibrahim Kasita, 15 July 2009
Uganda: Gold in Mubende, Arua, Jinja, Kitgum by Ibrahim Kasita, 5 July 2009
Expert Doubts Impact of Country's Oil by Elias Biryabarema, The Monitor (Kampala), 30 October 2007
Congo and Uganda troop shoot-out by Adam Mynott, BBC East Africa correspondent, 25 September 2007
Legislations and Regulations Governing the Mining and Mineral Industry
The Mineral Policy of Uganda, 2000
In order to address key issues within the mineral sector, the Uganda Government has put in place the Mineral policy with a view to attract and enable the private sector take lead oil exploration, mine development, mineral beneficiation and marketing.
The Mining Regulations of Uganda, 2004
Mining Act of Uganda, 2003
Enacted in 2003 to operationalize the mineral Policy, the Act replaced the Mining Act, of 1964 and is internationally competitive.
