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Lamco

Liberian mining company

The Liberian-American-Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) is a defunct Liberian corporation that mined for iron ore in the Nimba range in Liberia and exploited the area during the second half of the twentieth century. Founded in 1955 by American and Swedish investors, the company established the first large-scale mining operation in Liberia following the discovery in the 1950s of the Nimba ore body by geologist Sandy Clarke.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - 13 - 008 - LAMCO J.V. Conveyor belt to silos. Locomotive nr. 303 with wagons loaded with iron ore - Yekepa, Nimba county, Liberia - 1976
Photo: Fred van der Kraaij, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Liberian-American-Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) is a defunct Liberian corporation that mined for iron ore in the Nimba range in Liberia and exploited the area during the second half of the twentieth century. Founded in 1955 by American and Swedish investors, the company established the first large-scale mining operation in Liberia following the discovery in the 1950s of the Nimba ore body by geologist Sandy Clarke.2

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