Chad

In 2024, Chad was not a globally significant producer of mineral commodities. However, the hydrocarbons sector continued to play an important role in Chad's economy accounting for 76% of the country’s total exports by value and 41% of Government revenues. Nonfuel mineral production represented only a minor part of the economy of Chad. Mineral commodities produced in Chad included cement. In addition, aggregates, clay, gold, granite, gypsum, lime, limestone, rhyolite, salt, sand, and soda ash (natron) may have been produced, but available information was inadequate to make reliable estimates of output. The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Chad is provided by law No. 004/PR/2018 of February 21, 2018, and implemented by Decree No. 2007/PR/MPME/2019. The Ministry of Mines and Geology [Ministère des Mines et de la Géologie] oversees the mineral sector and is the primary authority responsible for regulating mineral exploration and mining activities. Most mineral commodities were produced by artisanal miners and domestic and foreign private companies (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, 2025, p. 32, 99; World Bank, The, 2025, p. 1–2). 

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 the mineral industry of Chad can be found in previous editions of the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports—International—Africa and the Middle East, which are available at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/africa-and-middle-east. 

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, 2025, Chad 2022 EITI Report: Extractive   Industries Transparency Initiative, June 18, 233 p. (Accessed July 11, 2025, at https://eiti.org/sites/default/files/Rapport%20ITIE%20Tchad%202022%20%2….) [In French.] 

• World Bank, The, 2025, Macro poverty outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa—Chad: Washington, DC, The World Bank, April 10, 2 p. (Accessed September 4, 2025, at https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/bae48ff2fefc5a869546775b3f010735-0….)