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Cerro Bolívar is a mountain in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela, about 600 metres high. It has been described as "the richest concentration of iron ore on the face of the earth." At the time of its discovery it promised to outdo the great Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. More than half the mountain is thought to consist of top-grade iron ore – anything up to half a billion tons.

Cerro Bolivar has been mined since the 1950s, being first mined by U.S. Steel. In 1975, the mining operation was nationalized by the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez. Mining stopped in 1997, but resumed again in 2009 when the Swiss company Commodities and Minerals Ltd took over operations on invitation by president Hugo Chávez.[1]

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- [en] Cerro Bolívar

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[es] Cerro Bolívar

El Cerro Bolívar es una montaña en Venezuela cuya altura máxima toca los 780 metros. Se encuentra ubicada en el Estado Bolívar, cerca de la población de Ciudad Piar, a unos 77 km al sur de Ciudad Bolívar, capital del mismo estado. Este ha sido descrito como el lugar con «la concentración más rica del mineral de hierro en la superficie de la Tierra».[¿por quién?] Se estima que la mitad del cerro consiste de minerales ferrosos de alta calidad (aproximadamente medio millón de toneladas).

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[ru] Боливар (гора)

Боли́вар (исп. Cerro Bolívar) — гора в штате Боливар в стране Венесуэла. Высшая точка — 780 м. Расположена недалеко от города Сьюдад-Пиар, в 77 км к югу от столицы штата Боливар[1] – Сьюдад-Боливар. Гора Боливар считается местом с «самой большой концентрацией железной руды на Земле».

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