The Lamco Mining Company Liberia

Mittal Phoenix Arises from Lamco Ashes, Liberia …

In the early 1960s, the Lamco mining company in Liberia, West Africa, built a standard gauge railway to take iron ore from the rich fields in the Nimba Mountains, on the border with Guinea, some 300km to the port of …

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Liberia: Mining Undermines Conservation of Forest Next to …

Nimba Range was discovered by Scottish geologist Sandy Clarke on December 24, 1955. It was this same chain of mountains the Liberia American-Swedish Minerals Company (LAMCO) mined, between the late 1950s and 1989. And ArcelorMittal is currently mining Mt. Tokadeh, another mountain on the range. 'Time for Conservation is …

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THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS?

Abstract. The engagement of Swedish industry in the Liberian American–Swedish Minerals Company (LAMCO), which mined iron in Liberia between 1963 and 1989, was the largest Swedish commercial investment in …

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Historical Facts About LAMCO

The Liberian-American-Minerals Company was given a 70 year concession for ore exploration. ... The remaining 75% is shared equally with the Government of Liberia and LAMCO. 1960-1963: Construction of the huge project including Nimba, Railroad, Harbor and Maintenance works in Nimba and Buchanan. ... Mining started at Mount Tokadeh at …

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Mount Nimba

Beyond this rewarding outdoor experience is an opportunity to learn about the region's fascinating mining history. In the 60s, Swedish workers of the Liberian American Mining Company, LAMCO, paved the mountain trail. Remnants of their activities remain and are being swallowed up by the surrounding rainforest.

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Creation and operation of the Liberian-American …

Creation and operation of the Liberian-American Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) between the mid 1950's to the early 1960's. Advisors: Straussberger (Columbia), Jeppe Mulich (LSE) Program Office at …

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LAMCO

LAMCO, short for Liberia American-Swedish Minerals Company, was a mining company established in 1946 as a joint venture between the Liberian government and private American and Swedish interests. It operated a large iron ore mining and export operation in Liberia, playing a significant role in the country's economy and contributing to its post ...

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Friedland banks on Liberia's railway to tap Guinean iron

He wants to begin development of Nimba, near Liberia's border and estimated to hold 1 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore, next year.

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Lamco i Liberia

Case study of the liberian american-swedish minerals company (lamco) of the mining industry as an example of foreign investment activities in Liberia - covers historical aspects, financial aspects, social implications and economic implications, labour force, wages, vocational training, etc. Statistical tables, and bibliography pp. 146 to 149.

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THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS?: Swedish foreign policy and …

The engagement of Swedish industry in the Liberian American–Swedish Minerals Company (LAMCO), which mined iron in Liberia between 1963 and 1989, was the largest Swedish commercial investment in ...

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LAMCO — Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2

A LAMCO train takes on an iron ore load at Yekepa in 1976. The Liberian-American-Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) is a defunct Liberian corporation that mined for iron ore in the Nimba range in Liberia and exploited the area during the second half of the twentieth century. Founded in 1955 by American and Swedish investors, the …

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Railways in Liberia

Mining resumed in 2014, providing a regular traffic source for the railway, but this ceased in 2016 when both mine and railway closed. In 2022, the Liberian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nimba Iron Ore Mining Project, located in Guinea, which would give the company access to Buchanan via the former Lamco Railway.

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Ethelbert Cooper

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Mr Cooper was the lead protagonist in the successful phased ownership and management restructuring of Liberia's largest industrial project, the Lamco Joint Venture iron ore …

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(PDF) The technopolitics of Swedish iron mining in …

This paper examines the iron mining company LAMCO in Liberia, dominated strategically and operationally by Swedish actors and interests, between the mid-1950s and the late 1980s.

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Uppland | MAS Context

About Uppland. In the late 1950s, a Liberian-American-Swedish company called LAMCO established mining operations in the remote highlands of Liberia. The arrival of this multinational firm spurred the design and construction of a sprawling modernist new town called Yekepa to house employees and their families.

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Discover Nimba County

East Nimba Nature Reserve, established in 2003, protects 11,500 hectares of the Mount Nimba Range on Liberia's side. Two paved roads leading up the mountain were built in the '60s by the Liberian American Mining Company, LAMCO. On your way up, you will pass through a Forestry Development Authority gate, where you will pay a visitor fee.

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AML Demonstrates Safe, Sustainable Mining For

The Liberian American-Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) corporation for decades mined iron ore in the Nimba Mountain Range during the second half of the twentieth century. Founded in 1955 by …

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2.4 Liberia Railway Assessment | Digital Logistics Capacity …

Railway Companies and Consortia . In 2022, the Liberian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nimba Iron Ore Mining Project, located in Guinea, which would give the company access to Buchanan via the former Lamco Railway.

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Grasshopper Educational: UPPLAND

In the late 1950s, a Liberian-American-Swedish company called LAMCO established mining operations in the remote highlands of Liberia. The arrival of this multinational firm spurred the design and construction of a sprawling modernist new town called Yekepa to house employees and their families. Today this new town is almost entirely abandoned ...

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Liberia: US Sanctions Russian Linked to Solway Mining …

Monrovia – The United States Treasury Department has issued sanctions on two companies and a Russian national linked to the Solway Investment Group engaged into mining operations in Liberia for allegedly leading bribery and corruption schemes showcasing the Russian involvement in the Guatemalan nickel sector. Guatemala is a …

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Liberia gave villagers control over their forests.

Before Liberia descended into civil war in 1990, Nimba was home to LAMCO, a Swedish-U.S. iron-mining company that was one of Liberia's flagship foreign investments, bringing in a sizable chunk of the …

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Our Beloved Liberia

As a child I used to live in Liberia, West Africa (1971 - 1980). What a great place to grow up! My family and I lived in Yekepa, close to the border to both Ivory Coast and Guinea. My parents worked for Lamco, an American/Swedish mining company, which were operating both in Yekepa and Buchanan.

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The technopolitics of Swedish iron mining in Cold War …

This paper examines the iron mining company LAMCO in Liberia, dominated strategically and operationally by Swedish actors and interests, between the …

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Liberia: A Case Study

signed with LAMCO (an American-Swedish-Liberian consortium) and the German-Liberian Mining Company. With these, Liberia went from being a rubber economy to an iron economy: total exports almost tripled during 1957-1966, driven by iron exports which increased from $20 million to $106 million (Exhibit 2). Government revenues rose from …

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ArcelorMittal Demonstrates Safe, Sustainable Mine for …

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Corridors, Concessions, and the Extraction of Natural …

The granting of a concession for iron ore extraction after World War II, which gave access to land for mining to US investor Lansdell K. Christie, a former US Army officer and founder of the Liberia Mining Company (LMC), was not the first concessionary agreement Liberia made to an American private investor.

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LGMC abd GSHL v. Liberia, Request for Arbitration, 1 July …

Liberia Global Mining Company ("LGMC") and Global Steel Holdings Limited ("GSHL") ("Claimants") hereby submit this Request for Arbitration pursuant to: ... Bassa counties, in an area encompassed by a previous concession granted in the 1950s to the Liberian-American-Swedish Mining Company ("LAMCO"). Although the concession …

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Demand for resources drives African rail boom

In Liberia, the 267km standard-gauge Lamco (Liberia American Mining Company) Railway - recently rehabilitated by steel giant ArcelorMittal - was already running. 90-wagon 10,700-tonne ore trains in the 1970s. In neighbouring Guinea, the Compagnie de Bauxite du Guinea (CBG), assisted by the Aluminum Corporation of …

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Liberia Country Study

The largest operation in early 1984 was the Liberian-American-Swedish Minerals Company (LAMCO), a joint venture that accounted for about half of Liberia's annual iron ore output.

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