Kenya has no significant mineral endowment.
The mining and quarrying sector makes a negligible contribution to the economy, accounting for less than 1% of GDP.
The majority of this is contributed by the soda ash operation at Lake Magadi in south-central Kenya.
Thanks largely to rising soda ash output, Kenya's mineral production in 2005 reached more than 1 million tons.
One of Kenya's largest foreign-investment projects in recent years is the planned expansion of Magadi Soda.
Apart from soda ash, the chief minerals produced are limestone, gold, salt, large quantities of niobium, fluorspar, and fossil fuel.

All unextracted minerals are government property, under the Mining Act.
The Department of Mines and Geology, under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, controls exploration and exploitation of minerals.
Kenya has no significant mineral endowment. The mining and quarrying sector makes a negligible contribution to the economy, accounting for less than 1% of GDP. The majority of this is contributed by the soda ash operation at Lake Magadi in south-central Kenya. Thanks largely to rising soda ash output, Kenya's mineral production in 2005 reached more than 1 million tons. One of Kenya's largest foreign-investment projects in recent years is the planned expansion of Magadi Soda. Apart from soda ash, the chief minerals produced are limestone, gold, salt, large quantities of niobium, fluorspar, and fossil fuel.
All unextracted minerals are government property, under the Mining Act. The Department of Mines and Geology, under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, controls exploration and exploitation of minerals.
Economy of Kenya