The mineral sector in Sierra Leone is made up of three sub-sectors: a) large-scale production of non-precious minerals – rutile and bauxite; b) large scale production of precious minerals – diamonds; and c) artisanal and small-scale production of precious minerals – mainly diamonds, and to a much lesser extent, gold.

 · When the Chinese gold miners came to Masumbiri town in northern Sierra Leone, everyone lined up for jobs. Teenagers lied about their age. Women and went to cook and clean at the miners'...

FG Gold is a transformational gold exploration and development company. Its flagship Baomahun Gold Project covers a land area of 124.27 km² and is set to be Sierra Leone's …

 · Sierra Leone Although most of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, Sierra Leone is also a mining centre. Its land yields diamonds, gold, bauxite, and rutile (titanium dioxide). Internal conflict crippled the country from the late 1980s onward, culminating in a brutal civil war that took place from 1991 to 2002.

 · If it is able to stick to these timelines and estimates, Supreme Minerals should become the second bauxite mine in operation in Sierra Leone. Troubled mining firm Sierramin Bauxite had been on track in 2020 to take this status with its Port Loko mine, expected to start production in 2021.

 · A wholly owned subsidiary of Gerald Group, SL Mining has completed construction ahead of schedule and is now ramping up production of 'Marampa Blue', a high-grade iron ore with over 65% Fe concentrate, one of the highest grades in the world, and a first by any mining company in Sierra Leone. A delegation from the International …

 · Sierra Leone is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa endowed with rich natural resources. The mining industry is dominated by large-scale producers of Iron ore, Rutile and Bauxite as well as small-scale and artisanal mining of Gold and Diamonds. The country possesses one of the largest rutile reserves in the world. It has an estimated …

The Forecariah iron prospect is located in the southwestern part of Guinea, near the border with Sierra Leone, Africa. Iron-bearing quartzites were first reported in the area by Russian mapping...

 · Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio addresses young job seekers His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has addressed over 500 final year students, graduates and young entrepreneurs...

Sierra Mineral Holdings 1 Limited holds this mining lease of 321.7 km2 that lies along the same belt with the World known Guinea bauxite deposit. In 2018 we plan to produce 2.2 …

 · 6 Min Read MASUMBIRI, Sierra Leone (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the Chinese gold miners came to Masumbiri town in northern Sierra Leone, everyone lined up for jobs. Teenagers lied about...

October 9 2019 Sierra Leone's abrupt cancellation of an iron ore mining licence this week has raised concerns about a resurgence of resource nationalism across the continent. The action is...

 · Mining to be halted as early as next week, affecting more than 1,000 local employees. "The [Sierra Leone's government] continues to ignore the terms of the London court's final order, failing...

These included economic exploitation, inequitable diamond revenue distribution, and poverty in Sierra Leone in general and more importantly in mining communities (Maconachie and Binns 2007b; Zulu ...

 · Minerals Policy. And third, Sierra Leone's commitment to the African Mining Vision (AMV) adopted by all African Heads of States in 2009. The country's long-term development and transformation goals announced in the NEW DIRECTION manifesto are consistent with the AMV. Given that minerals are non-renewable resources, the goal for …