Live event: Unpacking Sierra Leone's mineral potential
By Laura Cornish. May 20, 2021. Sierra Leone is richly endowed with minerals such as iron ore, rutile, diamonds, bauxite, gold, platinum, zircon, ilmenite, chromite and columbite-tantalite (coltan). Since April 2018, the Sierra Leone government has issued three large-scale mining licences (i.e., Seawright Mining Company Ltd, Wongor Investment ...Web
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No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone | Reuters
China is by far the biggest importer of minerals from sub-Saharan Africa; it invested about $30 billion in metals mining on the continent in the last decade, nearly 15% of it in Sierra Leone.Web
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Artisanal mining, mechanization and human (in) security in Sierra Leone
1. Introduction. In Sierra Leone, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low tech, labor intensive mineral extraction and processing – provides a livelihood for at least 300,000 individuals (Government of Sierra Leone 2018:11).Government statistics suggest that in 2014, commodities accounted for 97 per cent of Sierra Leone's total merchandise …Web
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Mining In Sierra Leone And Liberia
Mining in Sierra Leone has always been identified with diamonds but the post conflict era has seen development in iron ore and rutile and a gold sector emerge. Liberia. Key mining activity in Liberia has focused on iron ore and diamond production and is recovering since the UN Security Council lifted sanctions against Liberia in 2007. In 2009 ...Web
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Sierra Leone: Five Largest Surface Mines in 2021
Sierra Leone: Five Largest Surface Mines in 2021 Share Industry: Mining Other Industry Indicators Tonkolili Mine in Western Area, was the largest surface mine in Sierra Leone, …Web
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Development from the ground up? Mining community development agreements
Prior to the Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone was one of several countries systematically putting CDAs into practice. Its 2009 Mining Act and regulations contained CDA provisions which established elements including revenue sharing, transparent communal governance, and gender strategies. Implementation, though, lagged.Web
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China's Kingho ships first batch of iron ore from Sierra Leone's
BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A ship carrying iron ore from west Africa's Tonkolili mine set sail for China from the Port of Pepel in Sierra Leone on Friday, China's official Xinhua news agency said ...Web
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ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF …
Mining started in Sierra Leone in the 1920s and artisanal mining was key due to its low-cost nature and lack of advanced technology at the time. This made a lot of young people including foreigners to be attracted to the mining sites like Tongo and Kono and this resulted in the proliferation of illicit miners as they made quick gains to the ...Web
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Environmental governance in Sierra Leone׳s mining sector: A …
An analysis of the three pillars of Sierra Leone׳s mining-EG agenda – the Mines and Minerals Act of 2009 (MMA), the Environmental Impact Assessment process (EIA) and the Environmental Protection Agency – will, therefore, be undertaken. The paper comes to grips with why, despite this framework, environmental and associated social …Web
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Sierra Leone
Overview Sierra Leone is well known for its vast endowment in minerals which include diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron ore, limonite, platinum, chromite, …Web
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Artisanal mining, mechanization and human (in) security in Sierra Leone
ASM, mechanization and human insecurity in mining communities. To summarize, several decades of mining in Sierra Leone have left many of the country's mineral-rich communities impoverished, further exacerbating their human security challenges. Specifically on environmental security, several studies have noted the short- …Web
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African Arbitration Association
Gerald Group wins back its iron ore mining rights in Sierra Leone. 11 May 2021. After two years of costly court action between the government of Sierra Leone and the owners of SL Mining, Gerald Group, both sides yesterday met in Freetown where they signed an agreement ending the dispute which would allow SL Mining to resume iron …Web
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COMAHS 2021/2022 Students Data – University of Sierra Leone
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES: UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE REGISTERED STUDENTS 2021/2022 ACADEMIC YEAR FACULTY MALE : TOTAL: Basic Medical Sciences Pre Med 1: 100: 97: 197 Pre Med 11: 70: 69: 139 1 st Yr. Medicine: 50: 60Web
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POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EXTRACTIVES GOVERNANCE …
top of the development agenda. Sierra Leone now stands on the verge of an unprecedented period of economic growth, 2. driven primarily by revenues from large-scale iron ore mining. Yet it continues to face many governance and developmental challenges. 2. The rapid rise of the extractives governance agenda in Sierra Leone requires an . 3. 1Web
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No pot of gold for locals as China mines Sierra Leone
China is by far the biggest importer of minerals from sub-Saharan Africa; it invested about $30 billion in metals mining on the continent in the last decade, nearly 15% of it in Sierra Leone. Gold ...Web
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Africa's Fastest Growing Gold Miner Attracts Highly Experienced …
Since acquiring the Sadiola mine in 2020, Allied Gold has secured a convention providing for fiscal stability and strengthened its social license to operate, restarted mining operations and ...Web
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Bridge in Sierra Leone sparks row over diamond mining | Reuters
A dispute over a bridge in eastern Sierra Leone thought to span diamond deposits has divided a local community with a foreign mining company accused of illegally mining the area after volunteering ...Web
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Mining in Sierra Leone: an overview of the current legal framework
Overview of Sierra Leone's mining sector. Sierra Leone is a resource-rich country, unfortunately known for its 'conflict' or 'blood' diamonds used by the rebellion during the 1991-2002 civil war.Web
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Establishing Sierra Leone's first formal gold mining association for
In response, the government of Sierra Leone has developed a National Action Plan (NAP) to reduce mercury use in the ASGM sector, through formalization, the …Web
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Sunergy Provides Update #2 On Dredging Operations On Its …
The information below comes as an update from Dale Bourassa, President and COO Allied Mining and Supply LLC and Chief of Sierra Leone Operations for Sunergy, Inc.Web
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Sierra Leone Mysterious mining firm FG Gold sows political …
The chairman of the committee Saa Emerson Lamina, a member of the Coalition for Change (C4C) that is allied to the president's Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), came to prominence in late 2014 when, as mayor of Koidu, he demanded an investigation into possible tax evasion by Octea Mining, a diamond producer active in …Web
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Sierra Leone mine dispute raises fears of resource nationalism
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 the latest in a ...Web
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Politics, Economy, Society: The constitution of 1971 made Sierra Leone a republic within the Commonwealth. Adoption of the constitution of 1978 created a one-party republic based on the All People's Congress; the head of state, or executive president, was elected by delegates of the All People's Congress, and there was a parliament. Mounting …Web
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Sierra Leone lawsuit against diamond mine runs up against …
Print. MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Residents of Koidu, in eastern Sierra Leone, are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a diamond mine they say has dumped toxic mine waste ...Web
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Sierra Leone
Overview. Sierra Leone is well known for its vast endowment in minerals which include diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron ore, limonite, platinum, chromite, coltan, tantalite, columbite, and zircon, as well as promising petroleum potential. In the 1990s, the 11-year civil war funded with revenue from the minerals sector engulfed the country ...Web
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The Challenges of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector in Sierra
Abstract. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) received official recognition in 1930, in which Diamonds were first discovered and mined in Kono District, Eastern Sierra Leone. Artisanal mining ...Web
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US gold company investing in Sierra Leone
14th July 2023. Font size: - +. New York City-based mining company, Tresor Gold, is currently raising capital to scale its gold projects in Sierra Leone for production within 18 months, while also ...Web
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Transnational mining corporations and sustainable resource‐based
Mining corporations and sustainable livelihoods 59. export price per ton averaged USD 409.2, while royalties, taxes, and surface rent. payments to the Sierra Leone government averaged USD 10.6 ...Web
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Diamond in Sierra Leone
Diamond production in Sierra Leone and major projects. According to GlobalData, Sierra Leone is the world's eighth-largest producer of diamonds in 2022, with output up by 7% on 2021. Over the five years to 2021, production from Sierra Leone increased by a CAGR of 31% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 2% between 2022 …Web
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Allied Gold Acquires Sadiola Gold Mine in Mali, Plans IPO
Published: May 5, 2023 at 4:52 am EST | Updated: Sep 23, 2023 at 12:34 pm EST. Allied Gold, a mining company, has invested $105 million to acquire the Sadiola gold mine in Mali. After three years of work, the mine has added 3 million ounces to the mineral reserves of the project, which has already delivered 175,000 ounces in 2022.Web
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