Draft:Nabeba

Nabeba is the location of an iron ore mine in Congo. It will be connected to the port of Kribi by a standard gauge railway (now under construction) mainly passing through territory of near by Cameroon. This line will be built by the Portuguese company of Mota-Engil. This keeps costs down compared to a railway entirely within Congo and Gabon territory.

The length of the rail lines including branch is about 580km. The axleload on the lines is 37.5t.

The Nababa deposit was originally owned by Sundance Resources but ownership was lost to Chinese firms.

The Nabeba and Mbalam mines are part of the same iron ore deposit split between Congo and Cameroon respectively. The two mines have combined ore reserves of about 775m tonnes.