UK mining co in bankruptcy on market slump, Ebola

Published October 16, 2014 5:18pm ET



LONDON (AP) — Debt-plagued London Mining PLC has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of a slump in iron ore prices and as the Ebola outbreak complicated the sale of a mine in Sierra Leone.

The company said Thursday that a lack of liquidity, together with lengthy negotiations between potential buyers of its Sierra Leone Marampa mine, forced it to file for administration.

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