Iron Mine
| Location: | 50km north of Zouerate. |
| Open: | All year daily. |
| Fee: | Only complete trips which include mine. |
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Iron Mine
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| Light: | electric/provided. |
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:34:39 $ |
| 1952 | iron ores discovered near Kedia d'Idjil. | |
| 1958 | concessions on iron extraction are given to Miferma, Société des mines de fer de Mauritanie, which is almost entirely owned by European interests. | |
| 1960 | extraction of iron starts. | |
| 1974 | Miferma is nationalized by the Mauritanian state. | |
| 1981 | more iron ore discovered at Guelb, 35 km north of Zouerate. | |
| 1990 | more iron ore discovered at Mhadaouat, 65 km from Zouerate. |
Zouerate is a mining town in the Sahara desert. In two nearby mines, Guelbs/Kedia, 30km from Zouerate, and MHaoudat, 55km northeast of Zouerate, iron ore is mined in enormous amounts. The mines are open cast mines, the ores are hematite with about 60% iron and megnetite with about 40% iron. 15 million tons of iron ore per year are mined and transported by the longest mine trains of the world 700km through the desert to the coast.
Mauritania is a country which is not very well developed for tourism. The mines are operating mines, and the visit of the mines is a sort of public relations enterprise. The trips to the mine and the mine visits are organized by local tour organizers. It seems there is no possibility to visit them individually.
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