BHP Plans Manganese Mine in Gabon, Government Adviser Says
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BHP Billiton Ltd., the biggest manganese ore supplier, is studying an operation that may produce 300,000 metric tons of the material a year in Gabon, an adviser to the West African country’s government said.
Melbourne-based BHP, the largest mining company, is considering developing deposits of the steel-making ingredient in an area about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the south-eastern town of Franceville, said Maurice Ndziba, an adviser to Gabon’s mines minister.