Mining

Where the mines and projects are, what they produce, the power and corridors they need, and the processing gap.

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Value added by mining and utilities across SADCUS$114bn14.5% of output · +3.2% a year, last five years

SADC exports of the pillar's goodsUS$145bn2024

Deals in the last 12 months65US$4.6bn where the value is confirmed · 81 tracked in all

Subsectors118 with trade data

What this page answers

Where are the mines and projects, and what do they produce?
Which corridors carry the output, and how much power do new mines need?
How fast are mine towns growing?
Where could smelting and refining add value?

South Africa has SADC's largest mining and utilities sector, at US$37.5bn

Value added by mining and utilities, US$, latest year, with its share of each economy

South AfricaUS$37.5bn10.4% of the economy

AngolaUS$26.8bn23.4% of the economy

DRCUS$19.8bn28.2% of the economy

TanzaniaUS$8.6bn11.2% of the economy

ZimbabweUS$7.8bn18.0% of the economy

ZambiaUS$4.2bn17.3% of the economy

MozambiqueUS$3.3bn16.5% of the economy

BotswanaUS$2.3bn12.6% of the economy

NamibiaUS$2.3bn18.6% of the economy

MadagascarUS$769m4.8% of the economy

MalawiUS$397m3.5% of the economy

LesothoUS$327m15.9% of the economy

MauritiusUS$258m2.0% of the economy

EswatiniUS$101m2.2% of the economy

SeychellesUS$50m2.8% of the economy

ComorosUS$20m1.3% of the economy

Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

DRC leads SADC on mineral rents

Mineral rents, % of GDP, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's mining page.

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Where it sits

Output per worker in each country

Angola gets the most from each worker in mining and utilities

Value added per person working in mining and utilities, US$, 2024, with the industry's share of each country's jobs and output. SADC median US$30,159.

AngolaUS$157,1261% of jobs, 23% of output

BotswanaUS$106,8402% of jobs, 13% of output

NamibiaUS$83,2833% of jobs, 19% of output

South AfricaUS$60,6774% of jobs, 10% of output

MauritiusUS$35,9381% of jobs, 2% of output

ZambiaUS$33,6202% of jobs, 17% of output

ZimbabweUS$32,0214% of jobs, 18% of output

EswatiniUS$30,1591% of jobs, 2% of output

MozambiqueUS$23,3631% of jobs, 17% of output

TanzaniaUS$22,1681% of jobs, 11% of output

DRCUS$17,8343% of jobs, 28% of output

LesothoUS$9,4845% of jobs, 16% of output

MalawiUS$6,6661% of jobs, 4% of output

ComorosUS$3,3752% of jobs, 1% of output

MadagascarUS$1,6673% of jobs, 5% of output

Source: UN Statistics Division and ILO·dotzedw Insights Centre

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Subsectors

11 in this pillar

Copper and cobalt

Tracks: Mines and projects in the Congolese and Zambian copper belts, output, smelters and refineries, export routes, power demand, export rules.

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Trade in detail

SADC sold US$41.1bn of copper and cobalt abroad in 2024, up 81.9% on five years earlier

Exports and imports of the products in this subsector by the 16 SADC countries, US$ (HS 2603, 2605, 7402, 7403, 8105, 282200)

Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Largest exporters, 2024

DRCUS$27.0bn

ZambiaUS$10.2bn

South AfricaUS$1.4bn

NamibiaUS$1.0bn

BotswanaUS$820m

TanzaniaUS$457m

MadagascarUS$88m

MozambiqueUS$74m

Where the exports go

ChinaUS$25.6bn

SwitzerlandUS$4.7bn

Rest of the worldUS$3.8bn

European UnionUS$2.7bn

IndiaUS$2.1bn

SADCUS$789m

Rest of AfricaUS$744m

United StatesUS$380m

Main products, 2024

Refined copper (740311)US$22.0bn

Unrefined copper (blister and anodes) (740200)US$9.4bn

Copper ore (260300)US$4.7bn

Cobalt (intermediates and unwrought) (810520)US$3.2bn

Refined copper (740319)US$1.2bn

Cobalt oxides and hydroxides (282200)US$425m

Each country's trade in copper and cobalt every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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