MONROVIA – Following high-level diplomatic talks in neighboring Guinea, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has issued an urgent appeal to the Liberian Senate to ratify the Third Amendment to the Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) with ArcelorMittal. President Boakai and the Liberian delegation met with Nicholas Checker, the U.S. State Department’s Senior Bureau Official for African Affairs, and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Mary Daschbach. During the discussion, President Boakai confirmed a December 2025 phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump, in which the American leader explicitly requested Liberia’s support for ArcelorMittal’s operations. In response, President Boakai reaffirmed Liberia’s commitment to a multi-user rail and port policy, ensuring that while ArcelorMittal expands, the infrastructure remains open to other commercial interests under a fair, state-regulated framework. Since then, AML has invested over US$2 billion in mining operations, rail and port rehabilitation, power generation, and community development projects, according to company disclosures and government records.

Source: Front Page Africa January 28, 2026 14:48 UTC