Project tracker
Every Lobito-relevant project, tracked from planning through operation.
DRC rail rehabilitation (Tenke–Kolwezi–Dilolo)
Rehabilitation of the Congolese corridor segment, estimated at $400–410m, with an international tender announced for April 2026.
- Total value
- $405.0M
- Countries
- DR Congo
Zambia–Lobito rail extension
~800 km greenfield line from Luacano (Angola) to Chingola (Zambia), the missing link connecting the Copperbelt to the existing railway.
- Target completion
- 1 December 2030
- Countries
- Angola, Zambia
Carrinho corridor grain & silo network
$1.1bn programme of silos and a Lobito grain terminal — the corridor's flagship agricultural backhaul play.
- Total value
- $1.10B
- Countries
- Angola
Lumwana Super Pit expansion
Barrick's $2bn expansion doubling throughput to 52 Mt/yr and copper output to a 240,000 t/yr life-of-mine average.
- Total value
- $2.00B
- Target completion
- 1 December 2028
- Countries
- Zambia
Mingomba copper project
KoBold Metals' flagship Zambian development at Chililabombwe — described as the largest private investment in Zambia's history.
- Total value
- $2.20B
- Target completion
- 1 December 2032
- Countries
- Zambia
Sun Africa solar PV plants (Angola)
Two photovoltaic plants (>500 MW) backed by an $872.2m US EXIM loan facility, cited in the corridor's PGI package.
- Total value
- $872.2M
- Countries
- Angola
Benguela railway reconstruction (2006–2014)
The $1.83bn Chinese-financed rebuild of the 1,344 km Lobito–Luau line — the asset now operated under the LAR concession.
- Total value
- $1.83B
- Countries
- Angola
Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex
The corridor's anchor freight origin near Kolwezi — first contracted rail customer with 120,000–240,000 t/yr reserved capacity.
- Countries
- DR Congo
Kansanshi S3 expansion
First Quantum's $1.25bn expansion — standalone 25 Mt/yr plant with first concentrate from August 2025.
- Total value
- $1.25B
- Countries
- Zambia
Lobito Atlantic Railway concession
30-year concession operating and modernising the 1,300 km Lobito–Luau railway and the Lobito port mineral terminal.
- Total value
- $753.0M
- Countries
- Angola, DR Congo
Lobito port container & multipurpose terminal
AGL's 20-year concession over the container and multipurpose terminals — ~$109.2m investment, 1,200 m of quay, 12,000 TEU storage.
- Total value
- $109.2M
- Countries
- Angola
Lobito port mineral terminal
LAR-operated minerals terminal; first vessel July 2024, record 50,000 t sulphur vessel January 2026.
- Countries
- Angola
Luau & Cazombo off-grid solar parks
Africa's largest off-grid solar-plus-storage park, switched on in eastern Angola on the corridor in May 2026.
- Countries
- Angola