Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · mining company · Sudan

Omdurman Mining

  • Documented supplier or backer
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • Sanctioned byUK
  • 3 documented ties · 2 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: Umdurman Mining; OMDURMAN MINING; امدرمان للتعدين

The UK list shows 82% held by Rida Engineering and 18% by Sudamin, although the UK press release calls it state-owned.

UK: 'as a gold mining company operating in territory controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and part-owned by the state-owned Sudamin Company Limited, it has provided the SAF with revenue from gold'.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

2

Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.

Grade A: Official record

Omdurman Mining

UK: 'as a gold mining company operating in territory controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and part-owned by the state-owned Sudamin Company Limited, it has provided the SAF with revenue from gold'.

Sanctions
UK, 2026-07-16
›Research notes

[Verification: UK press release calls it "state-owned"; the UK list entry shows 82% held by Rida Engineering and 18% by Sudamin.]

  1. 1UK HM Treasury/OFSI Financial Sanctions Notice: Sudan, 16 July 2026 · assets.publishing.service.gov.uk · 16 Jul 2026
  2. 2UK FCDO press release: UK sanctions illicit gold networks fuelling Sudan's war · gov.uk · 16 Jul 2026
  3. 3C4ADS Sudan SCE Explorer dataset (Ministry of Finance inventory, RDC seizures, C4ADS investigations) - extracted from site bundle · sudansce.c4ads.org · Jun 2022

NamesSudaminRida Engineering

Checked against the document

2

Statements compared with the wording of the primary document.

  • “updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK with the following 11 additions.”

    UK Sanctions Notice: Sudan, 16 July 202616 Jul 2026verified verbatim

  • “as a gold mining company operating in territory controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and part-owned by the state-owned Sudamin Company Limited, it has provided the SAF with revenue from gold. [...] Parent companies: 82% owned by Rida Engineering and 18% owned by the state-owned Sudamin Mining Company.”

    UK Sanctions List, SUD0061, statement of reasons and "Parent companies" field16 Jul 2026verified verbatim

    Correction: corporate.json #15 quote abbreviates "the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)" to "the SAF" inside quotation marks - fix. Internal UK inconsistency to note: the FCDO press release calls Omdurman Mining a "Sudanese state-owned mining company", but the list entry shows only 18% state ownership via Sudamin; Rida Engineering (82%) is not described.

Relationships

4

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Ownership and control · 3

Arms and supply · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Sanctions listings

1

  • United Kingdom16 Jul 2026SUD0061

    ›Stated reason

    The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Omdurman Mining is an involved person under the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 because it has made available funds or economic resources that could contribute to action, policy or activity which threatens the peace, stability and security of Sudan, in that, as a gold mining company operating in territory controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and part-owned by the state-owned Sudamin Company Limited, it has provided the SAF with revenue from gold. The SAF is one of the main parties to the conflict in Sudan. sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk

Dated events

1

  1. C4ADS publishes 'Bullion for Bullets', naming Sudamin affiliates and Advanced Mining Works and tracing cyanide shipments to Omdurman Mining. c4ads.org

    Grade A: Official record

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Sudan
Places
Omdurman

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 1