Simandou (Mine)

extractive

Cost

$5.1b
$5,100,000,000

operational

2024

Capacity

60m
Tonnes Iron Ore Per Year

Objective

The world’s biggest mining project, a $20bn iron ore, rail and port development in a remote corner of west Africa

Description

With high-grade ore reserves estimated at over 2 billion tonnes, Simandou is considered the largest untapped iron deposit in the world.

Finance

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investment
Rio Tinto
Company
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Chinalco
Company
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Winning International Group
Company

Operators

Governing authorities

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