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The Bong mine is a large iron mine located in central Liberia in Bong County. Bong represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Liberia and in the world having estimated reserves of 4 billion tonnes of ore grading 36% iron metal. [1] A railway connects the mine to the capital city, Monrovia. The Bong mine railway was damaged during the ...
Bong Town (also known as Bong Mine Community or just Bong) is a populated place in the Bong County of Liberia. [1]The Bong Mine, pictured in 1983 Powerhouse in Bong, 1983. From its establishment in 1958 through the late 1980s, the Bong Mining Company (BMC), a German-Italian-owned concession in Liberia built a substantial mining complex to surface mine the iron ore of the mountain range just on ...
Bong produces mostly iron ore, for example at the Bong Mine, located in Bong Town. Named after Mount Bong in the southern portion of the county, it is bordered by Lofa and Gbarpolu counties to the north, Margibi and Montserrado counties to the west, Grand Bassa County to the south, and Nimba County to the east.
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In the 1960s, a German private investment group acquired a mining concession in the Bong Range [8] area and founded the DELIMCO mining company. To transport the Bong Range iron ore to Monrovia for export, another railway line, which became known as the Bong Mining Railway, was constructed in 1964. It is also standard gauge, and is 48 mi (77 km ...
The lines were built principally to transport iron ore. By 2010, only the Bong mine railway was operational [1] but the Lamco Railway was rebuilt by Arcelor Mittal and put back into service in 2011 as far as Tokadeh, Nimba County, allowing export of iron ore from the company's mine on the Guinean border via the Port of Buchanan. [2]
Community Pop. (2014 est.) Households (2014 est) Municipal administration Electoral district Bong Mines Bridge 5,573 1,359 New Kru Town: Montserrado-16