The overall objective of the assignment was to support the sustainable development of the iron and steel value chain in Uganda by assessing the country’s total demand for natural gas and providing specific recommendations to ensure success in the development of the value chain.
The specific objectives of the assignment were:
– to assess the country’s total demand for natural gas, both for industrial – including, but not restricted to, iron ore-smelting – and domestic use;
– to help bridge the gaps along Uganda’s iron and steel value chain – from iron ore mining (“phase 1”) to iron ore smelting (“phase 2”), to steelmaking and refining (“phase 3 and 4”), to steel rolling and marketing (“phase 5 and 6”). This built on a number of existing policy, and legal, regulatory as well as industrial developments.