Canada and Africa’s Natural Resources: Key Features 2013

The primary focus is on mining and the oil and gas sector. [...] With the exception of the United States and United Kingdom, which are Canada’s largest trade partners in the mining sector, countries in Latin America and Asia dominate Canada’s mining trade, while the only African country among the list of top 20 partners in terms of import value in 2012 was Egypt. [...] Canadian Mining Assets Abroad Source: NRCan (2013) The value of bilateral trade in the mining sector is one of several ways of looking at Canada’s engagement in the sector globally, and specifically in Africa. [...] The data above show Canadian mining assets abroad.2 The calculation of mining assets abroad is on the basis of asset valuation (as opposed to trade). [...] The table above shows data for the top 40 companies listed on either the TSX or TSXV (by quoted market value as of March 2013) with operations in the mining, oil, and gas sector in Africa.