Liberia: In the Midst of Two Major Encroachments, Arcelormittal Remains Firm On Lasting Interest in Liberia

Monrovia — Scott Lowe is unfazed about ArcelorMittal's future in Liberia. The journeyman Chief Operating Officer of the steel giant in Liberia is confident that despite the encroachment on its concession area in Yekepa, Nimba County, the company will weather the latest storm threatening its fourteen-year run in the country.

Solway Mining Inc., has been raising eyebrows of late, since a controversial ceremony in July when Emmanuel Sherman, Deputy Minister of Mines & Energy, introduced the company to the people of Nimba County and to the President of their traditional chiefs, Peter Barlon.

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