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This report was commissioned with the
aim to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in its
efforts to develop the mining sector. Thus, the report has
been produced in close cooperation with staff at the
Ethiopian Ministry of Mines (MoM). Its findings are mostly
based on desk top reviews of existing documents, on a large
number of meetings, and interviews with affected and
interested stakeholders, and also on some field work
performed in the southern and western parts of the country.
This report provides a review of the Ethiopian mining
sector, and assesses its potential to contribute to
sustainable economic growth and development. It further
provides recommendations for the initiatives and actions
that will be required for such development to take place,
and it identifies the risk and opportunities that this
entails. The need for this type of strategic analysis
follows from the GoE ambition to, as part of the growth and
transformation plan (GTP), and develop the mining sector to
be a main pillar of the economy. The report is organized as
follows: chapter one provides an introduction to the
Ethiopian economy and the current contribution from mining,
and describes general aspects of mineral sector development
and how it may contribute to economic development. Chapter
two presents the geological potential of the country,
mineral occurrences, and mining and exploration projects.
Chapter three presents possible scenarios for future mineral
sector growth with economic implications, and further
discusses industry linkages. Chapter's four to eleven
include assessments of different mineral sector framework
areas, and recommendations are provided in the end of each
chapter. Chapter twelve presents' current
infrastructure and development plans and finally, chapter
thirteen presents a summary and prioritization of recommendations.
