Project tracker

Every Lobito-relevant project, tracked from planning through operation.

Planning

Benguela energy corridor

Parallel HV transmission alignment alongside the rail corridor.

Total value: $1.20B
Target completion: 1 December 2032
Countries: Angola, DR Congo, Zambia

Planning

Solwezi dry port

Inland container handling and consolidation facility serving the Copperbelt.

Total value: $80.0M
Target completion: 1 December 2028
Countries: Zambia

Financing

AfDB corridor rail facility

African Development Bank concessional financing for the Zambian section.

Total value: $300.0M
Countries: Zambia

Financing

Lobito Port expansion

Berth, terminal, and dry-port upgrade to handle ore export volumes.

Total value: $450.0M
Target completion: 1 June 2028
Countries: Angola

Procurement

Lubumbashi rail link upgrade

DRC-side connector to the corridor, including signalling and motive-power renewal.

Total value: $320.0M
Target completion: 1 June 2028
Countries: DR Congo

Procurement

TAZARA refurbishment (parallel context)

Tanzania-Zambia Railway concessioning programme — competing eastern corridor.

Total value: $1.40B
Target completion: 1 December 2029
Countries: Zambia

Procurement

Zambian rail section

1,300+ km new line linking Chingola to the Angolan border, the missing link in the Lobito Corridor.

Total value: $2.30B
Target completion: 1 December 2030
Countries: Zambia, Angola

Construction

Angolan rail rehabilitation

Track and signalling upgrade for the 1,344 km Benguela line operated by LAR.

Total value: $600.0M
Target completion: 1 December 2027
Countries: Angola

Construction

Kamoa-Kakula Phase 3

Ivanhoe-led expansion of the world's third-largest copper mine.

Total value: $1.50B
Target completion: 1 June 2027
Countries: DR Congo

Construction

Kansanshi S3 expansion

First Quantum's expansion of the Kansanshi copper-gold mine in Solwezi.

Total value: $1.25B
Target completion: 1 September 2027
Countries: Zambia

Operational

DFC $553M Lobito rail facility

U.S. DFC financing facility supporting the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession.

Total value: $553.0M
Countries: Angola, DR Congo, Zambia

Operational

Mopani Copper Mines restart

Glencore-led production restart at Mopani after restructuring.

Total value: $700.0M
Countries: Zambia