page_title: Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué
hierarchical_section_title: Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pylône de l'ancien télébenne de Moanda (Gabon) à Mbinda
context_page_description: The Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué, or COMILOG, is a manganese mining and processing company based in Moanda, Gabon.
  It is a subsidiary of the French metallurgical group Eramet. The company is the world's second largest producer of manganese ore.
  At first the ore was carried by a cableway to the border with the Republic of the Congo, then by rail to the sea at Pointe-Noire.
  In the 1980s a railway was built to carry the ore through Gabon to the sea near Libreville.
context_section_description: The Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué, or COMILOG, is a manganese mining and processing company based in Moanda, Gabon.
  It is a subsidiary of the French metallurgical group Eramet. The company is the world's second largest producer of manganese ore.
  At first the ore was carried by a cableway to the border with the Republic of the Congo, then by rail to the sea at Pointe-Noire.
  In the 1980s a railway was built to carry the ore through Gabon to the sea near Libreville.
caption: Abandoned cableway pylons
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