Iron ore mine in Mauritania. Record ~14.7 Mt in 2025
Origin: Mauritania
Site data
- Commodity: Iron ore
- Tier: Tier 1 (03 Resources Map tier rule)
- Status: Producing: Producing
- Operator / ownership: SNIM (Mauritanian state majority, Arab investors minority)
- Production: Record ~14.7 Mt in 2025
- Coordinates: 22.8820, -12.3280 (USGS Africa_GIS 2021 (Guelb el Rhein mine; Kédia d’Idjil and M’Haoudat pits nearby))
Security context
- No attack on SNIM found. May 2026: armed men seized a gold shipment from an Ajibco vehicle between Asfariat and M’Haoudat (Tiris Zemmour). The far north-east goldfields (Chegatt) saw Algerian army fire on Mauritanian prospectors (Jan and Dec 2025).
Sources
- AISU, SNIM 2025: https://new.aisusteel.org/archives/3773
- Map and tier rule: 03 Resources Map
Media
Regional security map; this site is outside the four zooms.