African Minerals (AML) is sitting on around 12.8 billion tonnes of iron ore resources at its recently developed Tonkolili mine in Sierra Leone, and the facility has already taken on the mantle of West Africa’s largest exporter.
It is expecting to increase shipments significantly over the coming years on the back of healthy demand from China. AML head of global freight Leo King said: “We’re on track to export 16 to 18 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) for full year 2014, having already exported 9.1
