Mining in Kenya

Mining methods

• Open-cast: removing overburden to reach minerals near the surface (limestone, titanium).
• Underground (shaft): for deep minerals (gold).
• Dredging: scooping minerals from water bodies (trona at Lake Magadi).
• Alluvial/placer: panning minerals from river deposits (gold).
• Drilling: for oil and gas.

Minerals in Kenya

• Soda ash (trona) at Lake Magadi: used in glass making, detergents and paper.
• Titanium (rutile, ilmenite, zircon) in Kwale.
• Fluorspar in the Kerio Valley.
• Limestone at Athi River, Bamburi and Kitui for cement.
• Gold around Kakamega and Migori.
• Oil in the Lokichar Basin (Turkana).
• Diatomite at Kariandusi near Gilgil.