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

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. [...]

Published on 06/09/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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