Bong Town is a populated place in the Bong County of Liberia. From its establishment in 1958 through the late 1980s, the Bong Mining Company, a German-Italian-owned concession in Liberia built a substantial mining complex to surface mine the iron ore of the mountain range just on the north side of the Margibi/Bong county borderline. Notably, the compa…Bong Town is a populated place in the Bong County of Liberia. From its establishment in 1958 through the late 1980s, the Bong Mining Company, a German-Italian-owned concession in Liberia built a substantial mining complex to surface mine the iron ore of the mountain range just on the north side of the Margibi/Bong county borderline. Notably, the company constructed and maintained one of Liberia's main rail lines to the remote site to ship the iron ore from the mountains. Since 2009, the China Union Investment Company concession has begun to rebuild the complex and also has begun construction of a new paved road southward to Kakata. As of June 2012, the road had about 1/5 of its total distance covered with pavement with one small bridge under active construction just outside Kakata. As of April 2024, they have abandoned the project.
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