Himanshu Sharma’s Post

Why the Lobito Corridor is a game-changer for AFRICA in 2024: Ivanhoe ships FIRST copper through Angola via railway: Ivanhoe Mines said its first #shipment of #copper concentrate from its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the #DemocraticRepublicofCongo (DRC) had arrived by rail to the port of #Lobito, in Angola. The trial run consists of sending a total of 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate along the NEW #railway from the #DRC through Angola, along the #Lobitocorridor. The first 1,100 tonnes were sent on December 23 and arrived at #Lobito on December 31, 2023. The shipment shows that #Ivanhoe could shorten its #export route from Kamoa-Kakula by two thirds, simplifying #logistics and cutting costs. Currently, the Canadian #miner trucks copper concentrates from Kamoa-Kakula across #subSaharanAfrica to the #ports of #Durban in South Africa and #DaresSalaam in Tanzania, as well as #Beira in Mozambique and #WalvisBay in Namibia. Last year, nearly 90% of Kamoa-Kakula’s concentrates were shipped to international customers from the ports in South Africa and Tanzania, with an average round-trip taking between 40 and 50 days. “Our first trial shipment is an important milestone on the path to creating a new supply chain linking the Central African #Copperbelt to world markets,” Ivanhoe Mines founder and co-chairman Robert Friedland said in the statement. “Establishing a reliable, modern rail link to the port of Lobito in Angola will have transformational benefits for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia,” Friedland said. Once fully active, the Lobito Atlantic Railway Corridor is also expected to reduce the Scope 3 emissions carbon footprint of Kamoa-Kakula copper exports. https://lnkd.in/dFafBtMM More on the Lobito Corridor: Washington’s Answer to Belt and Road in AFRICA: https://lnkd.in/dVJEC9gZ #Angola 🇦🇴, #DRCongo 🇨🇩, #Mozambique 🇲🇿, #Namibia 🇳🇦, #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦 #Tanzania 🇹🇿 and #Zambia 🇿🇲 are #AfCFTA member countries #UnitedUnderAfCFTA #TransformingAfrica #TheAfricaWeWant #AfCFTA #BrandAfrica #AU #GDP #Investment #Africa #AfricaMeansBusiness #ThisIsAfrica #Diaspora #IT #OneAfrica #AUC #TransAfricanHighway #SMEs #CreatingOneAfricanMarket #Invest #Tariffs #TheAfCFTAEffect #Trade #AI #AfricaRising #FDI #IntraAfricanTrade #Agenda2063 #Partnerships #AfCFTATV #WB #BuildBackBetter #InvestInAfrica #AfricanUnity #IMF #WTO #AfDB #TradeNotAid #AfCFTATrading #TravelToAfrica #CFTA #SAATM #TradeInAfrica #TradeUnderAfCFTA #JoinAfCFTA #AfricaOnTheMove #Infrastructure #Tourism #VisitAfrica #MadeInAfrica #AfCFTASecretariat #PanAfricanism #Investors #PAPSS #ZLECAF #AfricanSolutionsToAfricanProblems #Growth #BetterAfricaBetterWorld #StrongerTogether #Afreximbank #UnitedUnderAfCFTA #AfCFTA2024