Mauritania's thriving mining sector has potential to …
By Jason Mitchell Mauritania is already one of the leading iron ore and gold producers in Africa and the country has vast mining potential owing to its relative stability in the Sahel region. The ...
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Mauritania Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière- SNIM The National Company for Industry and Mines (SNIM) is a Mauritanian company specializing in the extraction and export of iron ore, which was established in the 1930s under the name "Meferma", before the Mauritanian government nationalized it in the 1970s and became …
Mauritania's thriving mining sector has potential to …
By Jason Mitchell Mauritania is already one of the leading iron ore and gold producers in Africa and the country has vast mining potential owing to its relative stability in the …
Mauritania's Mining Industry: A Cornerstone of …
Mauritania is a leading producer of iron ore, as well as copper, gold and silver. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) notes that the mining sector – which is a core component of the …
Mauritania to Double Iron Ore Production by 2030
July 17, 2024. Mauritania aims to more than double its iron ore production capacity to over 45 million tons per year by 2030. Iron ore production has already increased from 13 …
About us | Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM)
Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) is a Mauritanian company, operating in the research, exploitation, processing, transport and export of iron ore. Its deposits are located in the Tiris Zemour region, in the north of Mauritania.
Mauritania's mining industry hit by commodity …
It was supposed to be the new headquarters of Mauritania's state-owned iron-ore company SNIM, started when the price of the country's main resource was close to $190 a tonne in 2011.
Dig deep to aim high: how to use mining to unlock Mauritania…
Overall, the mining sector's contribution to Mauritania's GDP shot up from 18 percent in 2021 to 24 percent in 2022. This growth was driven by increased extraction of metal ores, particularly gold. ... Over the next decade, Mauritania plans to double its iron ore production capacity to more than 45 million tons per annum. This ambitious goal ...
ArcelorMittal signs MoU with SNIM to evaluate the …
ArcelorMittal can confirm it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with SNIM, an iron ore mining company based in Mauritania, to evaluate the opportunity to jointly develop a pelletisation plant and a …
The Tasiast deposit, Mauritania
Mauritania is a significant source of copper, gold, and iron ore and was the second ranked exporter and producer of iron ore in Africa, after South Africa, in 2012. In addition to iron ore, Mauritania produces cement, copper, crude oil, gold, gypsum, quartz, salt, and steel (Taib, 2012).
TAKRAF wins Mauritania processing contract for F'Derick iron ore …
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How to ride the Longest Train in The World
Picking a direction. Iron ore or no iron ore? The train can be taken in both directions towards or away from the Atlantic Ocean. If your tour is arranged to depart from Choum, the train will depart around 6:00pm. From the small mining town to the Nouadhibou coast, you will be riding with ore packed in your freight car.
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Mining. Mauritania offers promising opportunities for mining investment in Africa, boasting a largely untapped mineral-rich terrain and a vast 20-billion-ton iron ore …
El Aouj Project
The El Aouj mine is an open-pit iron mining operation located in the Tiris Zemmour area in Northern Mauritania. Phase 1, the El Aouj "East" deposit, will produce 11.5 million tons per annum of concentrate from approximately 25 million tons of ore.
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Mining, primarily of iron ore operated by the state-owned company "Societe Nationale des Industries Minieres" (SNIM), is one of the largest industries in Mauritania, followed by gold production operated by Canadian multinational company Kinross Gold Corporation for over 10 years. The production of iron ore makes up 46 percent of total …
The Iron Ore Train, Mauritania, the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
The Iron Ore Train in Mauritania; a train that can be 2.5-3 kilometres long carrying tons of iron ore (in the forms of powder or chunks) across the A lifetime experience, a dangerous but powerful ride like no other. ... It's a mine town but some people didn't feel safe so that's why I didn't start from there either so I cannot comment ...
Mauritania looks to rail and water to boost mining sector
Stretching 704km into the remote desert and guarded in places by the army, Mauritania's iron ore railway is the backbone of the country's economy. It is also the key to unlocking its vastly ...
Navigating the mining legacy and green future in Mauritania
It becomes a dance intricately choreographed with the socio-economic rhythms of nations abundant in natural riches. Over my years in Mauritania, managing everything from financial undertakings of a gold mine to laying down the groundwork for iron ore plant constructions, I've witnessed the evolutionary trajectory of this sector.
Mauritania Mining Sector Global Perspective for 2024
The National Industrial and Mining Company (SNIM), the backbone of Mauritania's mining industry, has indicated a new era with a record-setting sale in 2023, surpassing the symbolic threshold of 14 ...
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The Miferma Iron Ore Mining Project will support the exploitation of iron ore deposits in the Fort Gouraud area, as well as it transport to Port Etienne for . Mauritania - Miferma Iron Ore Mining Project
Train to Mauritania's Remote Mining Town
On Tuesday, Mauritania and its partly government-run ore mining company, SNIM, reported that they expect to make 13 million tons of iron ore in 2014. That's a lot of iron. That's a lot of iron ...
The iron trains of Mauritania | Business and Economy
At nearly 2.5km in length, the iron trains of Mauritania are among the longest in the world. ... known for its iron ore mining industry – and the port city of Nouadhibou in the west, for a total ...
Kinross Gold's Tasiast mine in Mauritania hits record gold …
In 2022, the mine's performance enabled gold to surpass iron ore as the country's top export product. According to data from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), mining accounts for 70% of Mauritania's exports, 24% of its GDP, and nearly 30% of the state's revenue.
OCP & Worley's JESA awarded contract to help …
As one of the largest engineering firms in Africa and Morocco, JESA covers mining, industry, urban development and infrastructure, and has just been awarded a PMC contract with …
Mauritanian iron-ore plant deal concluded
With this project, the Mauritanian company aims to increase the volumes of iron-ore it mines from about 12-million tonnes a year, to about 18-million tonnes a year.
SNIM Open Pit Iron Ore Mining – Mauritania
Image courtesy of SNIM. Miferma (Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) was created in 1952 to exploit iron ore deposits in the Kedia d'Idjil area of northern Mauritania. A mining centre was constructed at Zouerate together with port facilities at Nouadhibou on the Atlantic coast, both with …
Mauritania Railway – Choum, Mauritania
First, a few facts: Operating since 1963, the iron ore train covers 437 miles (704 kilometers) on its journey across the Sahara Desert from Nouadhibou, on the coast, to Zouérat, an iron mine in ...
How to ride the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania
Operating since 1963, the Iron Ore Train – Train du Desert in Mauritania – is a train that connects the iron ore mines in the town of Zouérat, located deep into the Sahara, with the port of Nouadhibou, …
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Mauritania offers promising opportunities for mining investment in Africa, boasting a largely untapped mineral-rich terrain and a vast 20-billion-ton iron ore deposit. With the GIRM's adoption of proactive reforms and attractive mining policies, the country produced a staggering 13 million tons of iron ore in 2022, positioning itself to ...
2019 Minerals Yearbook
Iron Ore.—mauritania's iron ore concentrate production increased to 12.2 mt in 2019 from 10.7 mt in 2018 owing to favorable iron ore prices on the world market. Snim operated three iron ore mines—the Guelb el rhein mine, the Kedia d'idjill mine, and the m'Haoudat mine. the Guelb el rhein