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Sudan says ready for cooperation with S. Sudan to develop minerals

Xinhua, June 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sudan on Saturday expressed readiness to cooperate with South Sudan to develop minerals in the two countries under the great drop in the oil prices and the increasing rise in prices of minerals, namely gold.

South Sudan's Minister of Minerals Taban Deng on Saturday arrived in Khartoum on an official visit, leading a high-level delegation to get acquainted with Sudan's experience in filed of minerals.

"Sudan has become one of the pioneering countries in field of minerals via attracting a great number of international and local companies in addition to developing its experience of traditional mining," Sudan's Minister of Minerals Ahmed Mohamed Sadiq Al-Karuri told reporters today.

"The visit of South Sudan's minerals minister comes within the contest of cooperation between the two countries to establish common interests," he noted.

He said that "we are ready to develop the minerals in the two countries under the great drop in the oil prices and the great progress in the prices of minerals, particularly gold."

South Sudan's Minerals Minister Taban Deng, for his part, said that "this visit tends to strengthen the ties with Sudan and how it could contribute to developing the mining sector in South Sudan."

"We are one people, but circumstances wanted us to be in two countries, and therefore, we must make use of our presence in two countries by investing in our resources for the interests of the two peoples," he noted.

During 2016's first quarter, Sudan's gold production reached 22.3 tons, a three percent increase from the same period last year, where companies produced 3.4 tons against 18.8 tons for traditional mining.

The Sudanese government had previously anticipated the country's gold production to reach 100 tons in 2016, positioning Sudan as the second gold producing country in Africa and the ninth worldwide.

In February earlier this year, the United States drafted and introduced a resolution to the United Nations Security Council demanding sanctions be imposed on gold exports produced in Sudan.

However, the council postponed its examination of the drafted resolution. Endit