UK-based London
Mining has announced that it completed loading the first shipment of 49,656 wet mt of
iron ore concentrate mined from its Marampa operations in
Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, February 1.
The ship has left Freetown and is bound for
Europe. London
Mining ordered a second ship for February with the final destination expected to be China, as well as a third one. London
Mining stated that a transshipment vessel will be delivered to Freetown at the beginning of March 2012 that will enable the loading of Panamax and Capesize vessels by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
London
Mining also announced that it has started coke
production in Colombia and plans to reach the targeted
production rate of 200,000 mt per year by the end of the third quarter of 2012.