KHARTOUM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's Ministry of Minerals said on Sunday the country's gold production for 2025 reached 70 tons, 13 percent higher than the target.
The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, an affiliate of the ministry, said in a statement the mining sector brought about 1.087 trillion Sudanese pounds (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in public revenues this year.
Minister of Minerals Nour Al-Daem Taha called for doubled efforts 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 percent of total non-oil exports, with a value of 2.02 billion dollars out of total exports of 4.357 billion dollars, according to statistics from the Central Bank of Sudan. Yet the gold production declined to only two tons after five months of war in 2023, followed by a surge to 64 tons 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.
