Mbalam project key to 'unlocking' new African iron-ore frontier

The Mbalam project is at the heart of an emerging iron-ore province that will be of considerable significance in years to come, Sundance Resources project director David Meehan told the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Wednesday. The Mbalam project, on the border of Cameroon and the Republic of Congo, is based on phase-one initial production of 35-million tons a year of direct shipping ore hematite for about ten years, with stage-two covering the next 15 years of production of high-grade itabirite hematite concentrate.

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