Appendix 4 — Uganda’s natural resources
Structure of the Mineral Industries in Uganda - 2002
Commodity |
Major operating companies |
Location of Main Facilities |
Annual capacity Metric Tonnes |
Cement |
Hima Cement Industries Ltd. (Bamburi Cement Ltd., 70%) |
Kasese |
240,000 |
Do. |
Tororo Cement Industries Ltd. |
Tororo |
220,000 |
Cobalt |
Kasese Cobalt Company Ltd. (Banff Resources Ltd., 63%;Government, 25%; International Finance Corp., 8% Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique, 4%) |
Kasese |
1,000 |
Lead, refined secondary |
Uganda Batteries Ltd. |
Kampala |
1,000 |
Steel: |
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Crude |
East African Steel Corp. Ltd (subsidiary of Madhvani Group) |
Jinja |
25,000 |
Do. |
Steel Rolling Mills Ltd. (subsidiary of Alam Group Ltd.) |
do. |
21,000 |
Billet |
Steel Corporation of East Africa Ltd |
do. |
60,000 |
Rolled |
do. |
do. |
101,200 |
Do. |
Steel Rolling Mills Ltd. |
do. |
24,000 |
Do. |
BM Technical Services Ltd. |
Mbarara |
20,000 |
Do. |
Sembule Steel Mills Ltd. |
Kampala |
20,000 |
Tungsten |
Krone Uganda Ltd. |
Nyamurilo |
115 |
Vermiculite |
Canmin Resources Ltd. (subsidiary of International Business Investments Corp.) |
Namekara |
25,000 |
Source: US Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, 2002, The Mineral Industries of Kenya and Uganda. |
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