09.01.2025
Artikel Nummer: 51797
Modern rail equipment for Mauritanian mining sector
The state-owned iron ore firm Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) has received a grant worth about USD 150 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The loan will facilitate its acquisition of up to 36 locomotives and 1,743 wagons to transport iron production to the Nouadhibou ore port.
It is part of SNIM’s large logistics expansion programme, which aims to double the transport capacity of its iron ore railway by 2030. The project also includes several climate-resilience measures.
SNIM is Africa’s second-largest iron ore producer and is a major driver of intra-African trade, increasingly supplying iron ore to North African markets, according to the AfDB. (ben)