São Paulo – Mauritania exported 13.4 million tons of iron ore in 2013, a record volume in the country’s history. The announcement was made on Thursday (02) by the Mauritania National Industry and Mining Company (SNIM), according to information from the African news agency Panapress.
The SNIM has established a goal of increasing the country’s iron ore production to 40 million tons by 2025, reaching the fifth position among the world’s greatest producers of the commodity.
Last October, the company announced the discovery of a new deposit in the southern region of the country, with 850 million tons of iron ore. The mine is located in the province of Zouerate, where the SNIM plans on building it’s greatest industrial complex.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey