The New Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone has achieved full-scale operations, China's Kingho Investment Co Limited - its operator - said last Saturday March 20.
The project, with estimated resources of 13.7 billion tonnes, is the world's single largest magnetite mine, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.Shandong Iron & Steel Group, a state-backed Chinese steelmaker, bought the mine in 2015 but suspended mining in 2017 amid low iron ore...