Not many companies have had to endure the series of calamities that befell Sundance Resources on its way to build a huge iron ore mine deep in central Africa. While some may have been ready to write the company off, CEO Giulio Casello told E&MJ that Sundance is far from done. The Australia-based Sundance is advancing a 35-million-metric-ton-per-year (mt/y) mining project, which will straddle the borders of the Republic of Congo and Cameroon. The Mbalam-Nabeba complex intends to produce direct shipping ore hematite for a minimum of 10 years, with a second phase of 15-plus years producing high-grade itabirite hematite concentrate.
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