位于非洲西海岸的利比里亚共和国,按面积来说,只是非洲50个独立国家中的一个小国。国虽小,它的铁矿开采业和橡胶种植业却雄踞全非洲。这两个部门产品的出口值占利比里亚总出口值的70%左右,是它国民经济的两大支柱。“非洲最大的铁矿石生产国”铁矿砂的年产值约占国内生产总值的三分之一。1979年铁矿砂 The Republic of Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, is, by its area, only one of 50 independent nations in Africa. Although the country is small, its iron ore mining industry and rubber plantation are among the largest in Africa. The exports of these two sectors account for about 70% of Liberia’s total exports and are the two pillars of its national economy. Iron ore, Africa’s largest iron ore producer, accounts for about one-third of the country’s gross domestic product. Iron ore in 1979