Gabon

2024 Report

Full data release with tables here.

In 2024, Gabon was the world’s second-ranked producer of manganese accounting for 25% of global production. Other mineral commodities produced in the country included cement, gold, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and silicomanganese. Data on mineral production are in the Production table (formerly table 1). In 2023, the latest year for which data were available, production of the mining and quarrying sector, not including mineral fuels, accounted for 3.1% of the real gross domestic product (GDP), and mining processing and metallurgy accounted for another 3%. In 2023, the latest year for which data were available, Gabon’s total exports by value decreased 7.4%, of which manganese accounted for a decrease of 3.4% by value, and total imports increased 14.5% by value. 

The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Gabon is provided by Mining Code Law No. 037/2018, dated June 11, 2019, which replaced former Law No. 017/2014, dated January 30, 2015, and Law No. 002/2019, which regulated the hydrocarbons sector. The Ministry of Mines is the Government agency responsible for the oversight of the mining industry, including the development of mining conventions and negotiating mining agreements and contracts with private interests. Most mineral commodities were produced by private companies, both domestic and international, but the Government has also had a shared participation in some companies, principally producing cement and gold. The Facilities table (formerly table 2) is a list of major mineral industry facilities (Direction Générale de l’économie et de la Politique Fiscale, 2024; International Monetary Fund, 2025, p. 53–56; Kim, 2026). 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 — Africa, which are available at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/afric…;