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Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

Published on 06.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 min

The consortium of the three European groups, which won the tender to run the Angolan part of the mining railway, has already begun talks with Kinshasa and the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais. Mining firms in Lualaba, including Ivanhoe Mines, are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the rail line.

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Angola, DRC Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

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Angola, DRC
Trafigura, Vecturis and Mota-Engil all set to restart Kolwezi-Lobito rail corridor

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Nigeria
Mota-Engil's crisis of confidence over partner CCCC

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi's sister-in-law goes head-to-head with Fifi Masuka Saini over Lualaba governor role

Angola, DRC
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