London Mining <LOND.L> said it started production of iron ore from its Marampa operation in Sierra Leone and that the first shipment was on track to be completed by the end of this year.

The question that has lingered in the minds of many Sierra Leoneans for far too long: what exactly does Sierra Leone produce that is ...

The Marampa project is a brownfields exploration project located near the township of Lunsar, in Sierra Leone, which is being evaluated for the production of a high-grade hematite iron-ore ...

But in July 2017, the Sierra Leone government, through the National Minerals Agency (NMA), invoked Section 54 of the Sierra Leonean Mines and Minerals Act, 2009 (ACT) by issuing a certificate to TMC.

Though a small country that covers an area of 71,740 square kilometers, Sierra Leone is endowed with large deposits of precious minerals such as diamonds, iron ore, rutile, bauxite, zircon and ...

National Minerals Agency data from 2017 shows 6.5 million tonnes of iron ore, 277,000 carats of diamonds, 1.8Mt of bauxite and 222,000t of ilmenite and rutile were produced in Sierra Leone.

SL Mining, a subsidiary of US commodity trader Gerald Group, will suspend iron ore mining operations in Sierra Leone over a dispute with the government about royalty payments, a company letter ...

The project will boost the iron and steel industries both in Sierra Leone and China, said Zhao. On Jan. 29, the first shipment of iron ore from the project set sail for China.

"Sierra Leone is now back producing high specification iron ore...they are expecting a big increase in their GDP next year." Marampa, which supplied iron ore to Europe, was closed in the mid 1970s.