Liberia: No More Foolishness – Time for a ‘Three-Strikes Policy’ On Arcelormittal

ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) wants to control everything — the Yekepa-Buchanan railway, the Port of Buchanan, and by extension, the future of Liberia’s mineral exports. The company has fought tooth and nail for years to monopolize these strategic assets under the guise of “investment.” But here’s the irony: in AML’s own 2023 Annual Report, the company admits losing significant revenue due to repeated derailments of iron ore trains along the very railway it’s so desperate to control.

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