Lobito Corridor could double cargo to 800,000 tonnes after $300m boost
Lobito Atlantic Railway is set to double its international cargo volumes to 800,000 tonnes by 2027 after a $300m funding boost to expand capacity along the corridor.
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US-backed Lobito deal between DRC and Angola targets week-long copper transit
The DRC and Angola have signed a new US-backed agreement on the Lobito Corridor, aiming to cut copper and cobalt transit times from roughly 30 days to a week or less as Washington competes with Chinese-backed routes.
Mota-Engil lines up $1bn US-backed concession for Congo copper railway
Mota-Engil is set to sign a 30-year concession to rehabilitate and operate the DRC section of the Lobito Corridor railway, backed by up to $1bn in US financing.
Lobito Corridor operator plans to double mineral cargo in 2026
Lobito Atlantic Railway is aiming to roughly double the tonnage of copper and cobalt it carries in 2026, as weekly train frequency rises toward a longer-term capacity target of 4.6 million tonnes a year.
Kamoa-Kakula's copper smelter ships first anodes via the Lobito Corridor
Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa-Kakula smelter produced 63,671 tonnes of copper anode in the first quarter of 2026, about 60% of design capacity, and sent its first shipment to Europe via the Lobito Corridor.
Angola floods halt Lobito Corridor rail, disrupting Congo copper exports
Flooding in western Angola suspended rail traffic on the Lobito Corridor, disrupting a key export route for copper and cobalt from the DRC to the Atlantic port of Lobito.
