The Lobito Corridor railway wins a draft US$1.26 billion Congolese convention with Mota-Engil to rebuild 1,004.5 km of track toward Angola's coast.
DR CONGO · MINING & LOGISTICS
Key Facts
—The price tag: a draft collaboration convention valued at US$1.258 billion, adopted by the Council of Ministers, according to Zoom Eco’s 3 August 2026 account of the minutes.
—The line: Dilolo–Sakania, 1,004.5 km running from the Angolan border at Dilolo, across Congo’s copper belt, to the Zambian border at Sakania.
—The target: rehabilitation should lift capacity progressively to 13.7 million tonnes a year, per the same report.
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