Sudan's gold production reaches 70 tonnes in 2025

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Ministry of Minerals said on Sunday the country’s gold production for 2025 reached 70 tonnes, 13% higher than the target.

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, an affiliate of the Ministry, stated in a press statement that the mining sector generated approximately 1.087 trillion Sudanese pounds (approximately $1.8 billion) in public revenues this year.

Minister of Minerals Nour Al‑Daem Taha called for efforts to be doubled in 2026 and directed that new national projects be included in the mining sector’s development plan.

Sudan relies primarily on gold exports to obtain foreign currency. Its gold production had peaked between 2017 and 2022. In 2022, gold was the country’s top non-oil export, accounting for 46.3% of total non-oil exports, with a value of $2.02 billion out of a total of $4.357 billion in exports, according to statistics from the Central Bank of Sudan. However, gold production declined to only two tonnes after five months of war in 2023, followed by a surge to 64 tonnes in 2024.

Sudan has been engulfed in a deadly conflict since mid‑April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced within the country and across its borders.

(With inputs from Xinhua/RSS)