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Liberia Resumes Iron Ore Exporting

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    Liberia is becoming an iron ore exporter again. ArcelorMittal is investing $1.5 billion and creating some 500 jobs as full-scale operations begin in July 2011.
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    The first ore mined in Liberia in more than 20 years being loaded onto the Nord Voyager in Buchanan on June 11, 2011.
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    Front-end loaders fill 36-ton wagons with iron ore.
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    The cargo ship transports 69,000 tons.
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    Large cranes hoist the train wagons on to the vessel.
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    The conveyor is being readied to move ore more efficiently from rail cars to ships at dock in Buchanan.
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    The Nord Voyager is making a 'test' shipment in June to insure that equipment and systems function properly before regular exports begin.
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    Renewed activity at the port is helping spur economic in Buchanan, Liberia's second largest city.
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    A total of 195 wagons from the old stock have been certified as salvageable. More than 70 are in use as of mid-June.
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    Ore is brought to Buchanan from the mines on a 250-kilometer railway line ArcelorMittal has rehabilitated .
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    The rebuilt rail line and parallel service road pass through long stretches of dense bush where thousands of Liberian fled to escape the killing during the civil war between 1990 and 2004.
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    More than 100 bridges have been repaired or constructed along the route.
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    Ore is scraped from the mountain top at Tokadeh, 20 kilometers south of the company’s operational center in Yekepa. ArcelorMittal is pledged to undertake environmental mitigation.
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    Production of iron ore began in April at Tokadeh, a mountain-side site 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Yekepa.
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    At the processing plant beside the rail line, the ore passes through crushing and screening facilities before being loaded onto train wagons for transport to Buchanan.
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    Along with mining infrastructure, ArcelorMittal has invested in housing and food facilities for employees, as well as a school and a hospital.

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Liberia Ships First Iron Ore in Two Decades

Liberia Resumes Iron Ore Exporting

A colorful ceremony commencing Liberia's first shipment of iron ore since the end of the country's civil war took place in the southeastern port city of Buchanan. Read more »

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