An iron ore project has been given the all important go ahead for a mining licence agreement in Sierra Leone. SL Mining Ltd, a subsidiary of one of the world’s leading commodity trading companies, Gerald Group, had been negotiating with the National Parliament of Sierra Leone for a Mining Licence Agreement for its Marampa project.
An iron ore firm once listed in London is being sued in a multimillion pound lawsuit over evictions and alleged violent treatment of workers and villagers living near one of its mines in Sierra Leone.
The Ministry of Mineral Resources (MMR) Sierra Leone is located on the 5th Floor Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Further to this the MMR Geological Surveys Department can be found at the New England estate, also in Freetown.
Marampa is a crucial project for the people of Sierra Leone and in particular for the local community. The unanimous vote of confidence by Parliament in SL Mining emphasises the strong support for ...
Aug 10, 2016· Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of Sierra Leone’s hard currency earnings accounting for nearly half of the country’s exports. Sierra Leone is renowned for the quality of …
LONDRES, le 13 décembre 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Le 6 décembre 2017, le ministre des Mines, au nom de l'Agence nationale pour les ressources minérales, a présenté la convention d'exploitation ...
The website of a foreign-owned diamond mining company in Sierra Leone states, "Our Diamonds Doing Good: Follow our progress as we demonstrate that responsible and sustainable diamond mining can - and will - elevate and empower the people, the economy, and the country of Sierra Leone…
On the contrary, however, Sierra Leone’s diamond mines no longer exist in a conflict zone. The workers seem to be paid fairly (although not appropriately), and the whole system is …
Neither of the British mining companies working in Sierra Leone have conformed to the Mining Act of 2009, that was created with international support to ensure that foreign mining companies operated in a …
Jun 19, 2018· In Sierra Leone-UK mining case, a new attempt to measure the arm of the law Why We Wrote This Pursuing justice can be hardest when cases cross international boundaries, although our …
The National Minerals Agency was established by an Act of Parliament to serve as the technical wing of the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources responsible for the implementation of the Mines and Minerals Act of 2009.
National Minerals Agency, Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone. 2,402 likes · 1 talking about this. The National Minerals Agency is a semi-autonomous...
London Mining has a long-term vision for the Marampa project and is not here to simply The London Mining Plc representative in Sierra Leone, Denis Frazer, said "during the preliminary inquires ...
London Mining Company in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and St. Joseph Vocational Training Institute on 19 September officially launched the “From Mines to Minds” Project at the Peace Hall at …
London Mining produced record amounts of iron ore from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone in the past three months as its ramp-up gathered momentum.. Output totalled 706,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) in the three months to March, a 29% increase on the previous three months while sales rose 52% to …
Nov 19, 2018· The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Morie Manyeh, on Monday 23 July 2018 disclosed that his Ministry is faced with serious challenges with …
london mining destroying sierra leone’s economy Reference to the above, we write on behalf of the ordinary people of Sierra Leone to draw public attention to attempts by London Mining Company Limited and the French company Bollore to undermine the …
Nov 18, 2018· The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources Dr Morie Manyeh has disclosed that his ministry has collected over $2 million USD from mining companies. According to the Minister mining companies owe ...
Sierra Leone is located in Western Africa between Guinea and Liberia. The total area of the country is 71,740 km 2 with a population of 5,485,998 as of July 2012. Its climate is mostly tropical.
African Minerals Limited, which began mining diamonds in Sierra Leone in 1996, built its Tonkolili mine on what is regarded as one of the largest deposits of magnetite in Africa, a type of iron ore. The company exports the ore to steelmakers in China.
Christian Aid estimates that Sierra Leone will lose US$131m from 2014-16 alone due to corporate income tax incentives granted to five mining companies – an average of $44m a year. Nearly all of these losses are, according to Christian Aid, the result of agreements with two British mining companies: African Minerals and London Mining.
Living with Sierra Leone's mine closures Jump to media player After two of the country's largest mines were forced to close, the people of Sierra Leone have struggled to survive.
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Mines in dispute over Stellar Mining Licences. In: Business News. Shares tumbled today after a claim by Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Mines that its two licences in the Kono district should not have been renewed. Stellar disputes the assertion and said... Read more . Share 0.
Sierra Leone's finance minister Kaifala Marah flew to London on the weekend to join emergency talks about the potential sale of Marampa mine, adjacent to Timis’ Tonkolili iron ore project.
Sierra Leone earned only around $10.2 million from mining in 2007 and $7.2 million in 2006.As a proportion of total government revenues, mining earnings amount to only around 5 per cent.This is very little for a country rich in mineral resources.
An iron ore firm once listed in London is being sued in a multimillion pound lawsuit over evictions and alleged violent treatment of workers and villagers living near one of its mines in Sierra Leone.
African Minerals, London Mining and the fall of Sierra Leone’s iron ore sector What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago Sierra Leone was the world’s sixth-largest iron ore exporter to China ,with its nascent iron ore industry and related services accounting for around 30% of the country’s GDP.
Dec 31, 2017· Sierra Leone Pastor finds 706 Carat Diamond which could be the 10th Largest EVER - Duration: 3:49. PatrynWorldLatestNew 160,279 views
Sierra Leone’s primary mineral resources are diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold and small amounts of iron ore and limonite. Diamonds The Sierra Leone diamond fields cover an area of about 7,700 square miles (about one quarter of the country) in the south-eastern and eastern parts of Sierra Leone.
After four decades of iron ore mining in Marampa chiefdom, the Sierra Leone Development Company, popularly known as DELCO, was forced to close shop by low iron ore prices at the time. The company suddenly folded, packed, and left.