A New Company in Town November 10, 2006

BBC mentions Yekepa:

There is no question the deal is important to Liberia. An iron ore mining operation in the Nimba Mountain range will create 3,000 jobs.

And Mittal has already refurbished a school and reopened the hospital in the company town of Yekepa. But critics point to extremely generous tax and royalty benefits and loose language that gives the company virtual carte blanche, arguably creating a state within a state.