Belinga is a location in Gabon

Gabon

Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

 with as yet unexploited iron ore deposits. These ore deposits extend into neighbouring Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

 and Congo.

Mining

The Belinga iron reserves were discovered in 1895. They are estimated to hold about one billion tons of iron ore.

Iron ore mining was expected to start in 2011 but due to a lack of financing the project is currently on hold.

Transport

A 237km long railway branch line is proposed branching from Booue

Booué

Booué is a town located in Ogooué-Ivindo province, Gabon. Founded in 1883 by Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, the town lies on the Ogooué River which provided the main communication channel before the development of roads and railway.- Transport :...

 to enable these deposits to be exploited. As the tonneages hauled will be greatly increased, this line may also extend to a port at Santa Clara

Santa Clara, Gabon

Cape Santa Clara, Gabon is a peninsula extending from the Gabon Esturary new the port of Owendo.- Overview :The larger peninsula that separates the Gabon estuary from Corisco Bay, the cape juts into the mouth of the estuary....

 which would extend the railway to 560km.

The town is near the Congo-Brazzaville border.

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