Bangladesh

In 2024, Bangladesh was not a globally significant producer of mineral commodities. Production of mineral commodities (excluding all mineral fuels except coal) contributed 1.3% to Bangladesh’s gross domestic product. Mineral commodities produced in Bangladesh included cement, iron and steel, nitrogen, salt, and stone. The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Bangladesh is provided by the Mine and Mineral Resources (Control and Development) Act of 1992 and the Mining and Mineral Rules of 2012. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources oversees the mineral sector and provides for the exploration, extraction, import, distribution, and proper management of energy and mineral commodities. Most mineral commodities were produced by domestic private companies (Al Faruque, 2018, p. 3–5; Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2025; Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, 2025). 

Data on mineral production are in the Production table (formerly table 1). The Facilities table (formerly table 2) is a list of major mineral industry facilities. More-extensive coverage of Government policies and programs can be found in previous editions of this chapter in the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports—International—Asia and the Pacific, which are available at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/asia-…;

Production table

(Metric tons, gross weight, unless otherwise specified)

References Cited  

• Al Faruque, Abdullah, 2018, Bangladesh—Legal framework on mineral exploration, in Tiess, G., Majumder, T., and Cameron, P., eds., Encyclopedia of mineral and energy policy: Heidelberg, Germany, Springer Berlin, 6 p. (Accessed January 10, 2026, at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdullah-Faruque-3/publication/325….) 

• Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2025, Publications—Gross domestic product (GDP)—Gross domestic product_2024-25 (provisional): Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, May 27. (Accessed January 10, 2026, at https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/p….) 

• Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, 2025, Vision and mission: Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, May 1. (Accessed January 10, 2026, at https://emrd.gov.bd/pages/static-pages/694032e335ce18e1c0563ed1.)