The Belinga iron reserves were discovered in 1895.[1][2] They are estimated to hold about one billion tons of iron ore.[2]
Iron ore mining was expected to start in 2011[3] but due to a lack of financing the project was currently on hold.[4]
Because of slowness in getting the project started, the Chinese rights may be in 2012 given to BHP.[5]
In 2023, Fortescue Metals Group started exporting 2 million tonnes of ore using road and rail transport to reach the port of Owendo. [6]
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A 237 km long railway branch line is proposed branching from Booue to enable these deposits to be exploited. As the tonneages hauled will be greatly increased, this line may also extend to a port at Santa Clara which would extend the railway to 560 km.[7]
belinga, location, gabon, with, unexploited, iron, deposits, these, deposits, extend, into, neighbouring, cameroon, congo, contents, mining, transport, also, referencesmining, editthe, iron, reserves, were, discovered, 1895, they, estimated, hold, about, billi. Belinga is a location in Gabon with as yet unexploited iron ore deposits These ore deposits extend into neighbouring Cameroon and Congo Contents 1 Mining 2 Transport 3 See also 4 ReferencesMining editThe Belinga iron reserves were discovered in 1895 1 2 They are estimated to hold about one billion tons of iron ore 2 Iron ore mining was expected to start in 2011 3 but due to a lack of financing the project was currently on hold 4 Because of slowness in getting the project started the Chinese rights may be in 2012 given to BHP 5 In 2023 Fortescue Metals Group started exporting 2 million tonnes of ore using road and rail transport to reach the port of Owendo 6 Transport editA 237 km long railway branch line is proposed branching from Booue to enable these deposits to be exploited As the tonneages hauled will be greatly increased this line may also extend to a port at Santa Clara which would extend the railway to 560 km 7 The town is near the Republic of Congo and Cameroon borders See also editIron ore in Africa Railway stations in GabonReferences edit William Adams Hance The Geography of Modern Africa 1975 page 304 a b Douglas A Yates Gabon in Africa Yearbook Politics Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2006 2007 page 257 http www fin24 com articles default display article aspx ArticleId 1518 25 2131461 permanent dead link BankTrack org dodgydeals Belinga iron ore project Archived from the original on 2011 07 18 Retrieved 2011 11 01 UPDATE Mining Rights to Gabon s Belinga Iron Ore Deposit in BHP Billiton s Hands Soon International Business Times Archived from the original on 4 February 2012 Retrieved 16 August 2014 Belinga iron ore China to build Gabon railway News 01 08 00 N 13 07 00 E 1 13333 N 13 11667 E 1 13333 13 11667 nbsp This Gabon location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Belinga amp oldid 1185633276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
