Marampa Mines is the site of an hematite
iron ore mine based in the town of
Lunsar
Lunsar is a town in Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is the largest town in Port Loko District by population. The Britannica estimate of the population of Lunsar is 36,1 The town is one of the main ...
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Port Loko District
Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous District in the North and the second most populous District in Sierra Leone, after the Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Lo ...
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Sierra Leone
Railway
The mine is connected to the port at
Port Pepel
Pepel is a coastal town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
Port
Pepel has a port in the Sierra Leone River used for shipping bulk iron ore via the mining company African Minerals.
Railway
Pepel is conne ...
by an 84 km long gauge railway. This railway is experiencing problems with the theft of its track, and other obstructions.
Mine
In September 2008, the mine at Marampa was sold to
Cape Lambert Iron Ore.
In 2012 Cape Lambert Resources decided to sell the mine. In 2013 Cape Lambert requested a mining license for the mine. At the moment (August 2014) the mine is still available for sale.
See also
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Transport in Sierra Leone
There are a number of systems of transport in Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, which possess road, rail, air and water infrastructure, including a network of highways and several airports.
Just like Great Britain, Sierra Leone used to driv ...
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Railway stations in Sierra Leone
Railway stations in Sierra Leone include:
Maps
The MSN and FallingRain and UNHCR maps still show the railway lines closed in 1974.
UN Map of Sierra Leone - no railways shown at all.UNHCR Atlas map* Map on page 24.
African Mineral iron ore ra ...
References
Populated places in Sierra Leone
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