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title: Delivering Sustainable Value to Madagascar
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# [Delivering Sustainable Value to Madagascar](https://collectiveingenuity.norda.com/delivering-sustainable-value-to-madagascar)

 Written by [Norda](https://collectiveingenuity.norda.com/author/norda) | Jul 31, 2024 9:18:02 PM

Ambatovy is one of the most ambitious industrial undertakings in the history of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean, aiming not only at profits but also at developing local communities and contributing to the national economy in a sustainable manner.

Set in Madagascar, in an area with a poetic local name “Ambatovy” meaning “the place where stones are iron” in reference to the iron oxide layer that exists above the laterite deposit, is a large-scale nickel and cobalt mining enterprise that is changing lives on the island.

[> Read the full article](https://collectiveingenuity.norda.com/hubfs/Articles/Business-Focus-Magazine-82-Ambatovy.pdf?hsLang=en)

To learn more about Ambatovy: [ambatovy.com](http://www.ambatovy.com/)  
For the full version of Business Focus magazine: [businessfocusmagazine.com](https://www.businessfocusmagazine.com/)

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