Iron production

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Iron production':

  • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  • Engelsberg Ironworks
  • Ironbridge Gorge
  • Kondoa Remains of Iron Age smelting furnaces, tuiyeres, slag were found
  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
  • Mount Nimba Site of 1 of the largest deposits of high grade iron ore ever discovered. In 1991 the Guinean government removed c 4500ha of the WHS which was wanted for Ore mining from the site boundaries saying it had been included "in error". WHC accepted this in order to preserve the integrity of the remainder. Nearby mining continues and threatens water purity in the WHS. Guinea gets funding partly for foregoing 50 million tons of Ore extraction.
  • Sukur Major iron-producing region for north-eastern Nigeria (17th to early 20th century)
  • Völklingen Ironworks