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Mount Nimba LAMCO Mining Site

Summary by Atlas Obscura

The ruins of the LAMCO mining site, once the largest iron ore mining operation in the world, sprawl out against the backdrop of a nature reserve at the base of West Africa's tallest mountain. Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the ore extracted from this site made LAMCO—the Liberian American (Swedish) Minerals Company—Liberia's biggest revenue earner, and Yekepa the third largest town in Liberia. Operations were disrupted in the bloody civil wa…

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Mount Nimba LAMCO Mining Site

The ruins of the LAMCO mining site, once the largest iron ore mining operation in the world, sprawl out against the backdrop of a nature reserve at the base of West Africa's tallest mountain. Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the ore extracted from this site made LAMCO—the Liberian American (Swedish) Minerals Company—Liberia's biggest revenue earner, and Yekepa the third largest town in Liberia. Operations were disrupted in the bloody civil wa…

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Atlas Obscura broke the news in 19 days ago on Monday, April 28, 2025.

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