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Mining in Lesotho

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, 2024US$327m15.9% of the economy · 12th largest of 16 in SADC
Real growth-2.2%a year over the last five years, at constant prices
Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$388m+1% on five years earlier · 11th in SADC
Deals in the last 12 months00 tracked in Lesotho in all

Mining and utilities added US$327m to Lesotho's economy in 2024

Value added by mining and utilities, the industries in the national accounts closest to mining, US$, at the prices of each year and at constant 2020 prices (which show real growth)

0$100m$200m$300m$400m199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024Prices of each yearUS$327mConstant 2020 pricesUS$241m
Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Lesotho has SADC's 12th largest mining and utilities sector

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

Mineral rents: Lesotho against SADC

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

0%10%20%30%DRC28.8%Zambia28.2%Zimbabwe4.2%Tanzania4.0%South Africa3.8%Namibia3.2%Botswana0.2%Mozambique0.1%Malawi0.0%Angola0.0%Comoros0.0%Eswatini0.0%Lesotho0.0%Madagascar0.0%Mauritius0.0%Seychelles0.0%median 0.1%

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Lesotho's trade in mining goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

0$100m$200m$300m$400m$500m2012201420162018202020222024ExportsUS$388mImportsUS$2.4m
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

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Copper and cobalt in Lesotho

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

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Lesotho exported US$0 and imported US$4k of copper and cobalt in 2024, 0% of what SADC sells abroad.

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

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What Lesotho sells abroad across mining

Lesotho's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.

DiamondsUS$388m3% of SADC · +1% on five years earlier
Battery and critical mineralsUS$10% of SADC · -100% on five years earlier
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Who is moving

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0 deals in the last 12 months involving Lesotho, placed in subsectors by what they say.

No mining deals tracked in Lesotho yet.

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