Mbalam
Mbalam | |
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East Province |
Mbalam is a place in
Sundance Resources Limited
.
Namesakes
There are two other places in Cameroon with the same name.
Railway
A 510 km
deepwater port is required to exploit these ore deposits efficiently. Several routes were planned using Quantm software. The railway will start at an elevation of about 650m at the mine, proceed along a fairly level alignment for 350 km, drops steeply for 100 km down to the coastal plain, then traverses that plain for 50 km to the port.[1]
The gradients generally favour loaded trains.
In September 2010, Sundance Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with
China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd
(CHEC), will build the port.
A two-stage development of a mine, railway and port for the cross-border iron ore deposits in Cameroon and Congo is estimated to cost US$7.7 billion.[3]
Traffic
The new railway is expected to carry 35 million tonnes of ore per year for 25 years.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Railway Gazette: Mbalam ore railway scoping study agreed". Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- Sydney Morning Herald7 April 2011, pB4
- ^ "Sundance signs rail deal with Chinese firm for Mbalam project".
2°13′00″N 13°49′00″E / 02.2167°N 13.8167°E
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