Yekepa is a town in the Yahmein or Yarmein District of northern Nimba County in Liberia, lying near the Guinean border. It was the base for Lamco's iron ore mining operation until it was destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War which lasted from 1989 to 1997. Nearby Guesthouse Hill is one of the highest points in the nation.

2019年5月3日 · Yekepa was a LAMCO company town in Liberia’s Nimba Mountains, home to hundreds of the Swedish mining conglomerate’s employees. “Life was pretty nice there,” the voice says. “But you weren’t really living in a real world.”

2020年6月30日 · Yekepa铁矿石项目是安赛乐米塔尔开发的第一个绿地采矿项目，布坎南港是利比里亚重要的铁矿石出口中心。 利比里亚铁矿石是硅质针铁矿/赤铁矿/磁铁矿铁矿，含有约60％的铁、10％的SiO2、2％的Al2O3和0.1％的磷。

Yekepa is a town in the Yahmein or Yarmein District of northern Nimba County in Liberia, lying near the Guinean border. It was the base for Lamco's iron ore mining operation until it was destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War which lasted from 1989 to 1997.

2017年4月16日 · One of the most surprising places we can visit in West Africa is without a doubt East Nimba Nature Reserve in Liberia. We can enjoy stunning scenery, nature, walking trails on the mountains and visit to surrealistic abandoned places. In addition, Yekepa is an absolutely different city from all the others you have already visited.

2025年3月13日 · Nimba (Yekepa) is ArcelorMittal's Liberia operations. Its four deposits are approximately 111 kilometres north-east of the capital Monrovia. ArcelorMittal has been mining DSO at Yekepa since 2011 and rails its product 250 km to the port at Buchanan. In April 2021 ArcelorMittal announced a decision to progress with the proposed Phase 2 expansion.

2019年4月14日 · Yekepa is a town located in the Nimba County in Northern Liberia, around 35 km from the county capital Sanniquellie and 330 km from the national capital, Monrovia. Yekepa is famous as the major gateway to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Liberia’s one of the prominent tourist destinations, the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve.

2024年10月4日 · The Yekepa-Buchanan railway has risen from the ashes of war thanks to ArcelorMittal’s commitment and is poised to play a key role in positioning Liberia as a serious player in the global iron ore market.

Uncovering the history of Yekepa, filmmaker Edward Lawrenson and architect Killian Doherty explore the demise of a once-thriving community, an episode that speaks to the tragic legacies of colonialism and the extractive industries’ involvement in the region.

Yekepa is a town in the Yahmein or Yarmein District of northern Nimba County in Liberia, lying near the Guinean border. It was the base for Lamco's iron ore mining operation until it was destroyed in the First Liberian Civil War which lasted from 1989 to 1997.