The distance from the mine to the port of Nimba Mining Company is about 86 kilometres, and we use shared rail infrastructure to transport our bauxite ore to the coast.
Each ore train consists of three locomotives and a maximum of 150 cars. Each wagon can hold 86 tons of ore.
The train is loaded from the mine's storage area by a fleet of four front-end loaders. The loading rate is equivalent to less than two minutes per wagon.
When fully loaded, the trains can carry nearly 12,900 tons of ore, the weight of the Eiffel Tower. It takes about three hours to reach the coast.