Ultrafiltration technology used at new water treatment plant

Ultrafiltration membrane technology will be used at a new water treatment plant for minerals exploration and development company African Minerals’ Tonkolili iron-ore mine, in Sierra Leone, West Africa, reports water treatment engineering company...

Marampa iron-ore project, Sierra Leone

London Mining has reported that it has upgraded its iron-ore reserves at the Marampa mine to 1.08-billion tons.

London Mining boosts Marampa resource, dispatches first ore

Aim-listed London Mining on Tuesday reported that it had upgraded its Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant iron-ore reserves at the Marampa mine in Sierra Leone to 1.08-billion tons, up from 69.5-million tons in the previous model, with 81% of...

London Mining aiming to up iron-ore production at Sierra Leone mine to 1.8Mt by end of 2012

Iron-ore miner London Mining continues to make significant progress at its Marampa mine, in Sierra Leone, with the ramp-up of the initial Phase 1a plant production.

London Mining plans staged expansion at Marampa mine

Aim-listed London Mining has completed a prefeasibility study for an iron-ore expansion at its Marampa project, which would extend the Sierra Leone mine’s life to 2036. The miner on Monday reported that the phase-two expansion would consist of...

London Mining inks Marampa offtake deal with Glencore

UK-based London Mining has signed a five-year offtake agreement with trading house Glencore International for the iron-ore from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone. The offtake would cover production of 9,5-million wet metric tons from the first...

London Mining’s Sierra Leone iron-ore project 
on track to start production in 2011

Aim-listed iron-ore and coal miner and developer London Mining says production at its Marampa mine, in Sierra Leone, should start during the first quarter of 2011.

Marampa resource up 300% – London Mining

Aim-listed iron-ore miner and developer London Mining on Thursday announced a big increase in the resources at its Marampa project, in Sierra Leone, where it plans to build an eight-million ton a year operation. The UK-based company, which is...

London Mining expects iron-ore prices to remain strong

The iron-ore market would continue to be a “very good” market to be in over the short to medium-term, as prices would remain “extremely strong”, London Mining CEO Graeme Hossie said on Monday. He told Mining Weekly Online in a telephonic...

London Mining receives final approval for Marampa mine

Sierra Leone has granted London Mining final parliamentary approvals for its Marampa iron-ore mine, paving the way for the company to start with full development of the project. The country has approved the project's fiscal incentives package,...

Chinese companies talk to UK miner about Sierra Leone iron-ore

British mining company London Mining has revealed that it is in talks with major Chinese groups about its Marampa iron-ore project in Sierra Leone. “We’re having these discussions now,” London Mining CEO Graeme Hossie told Bloomberg News....