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Chinese Copper Miners Join $1.2 Billion African Rail Revamp

02. April 2026 um 09:34
Chinese mining, shipping and logistics companies are joining a $1.24 billion project to revamp a railway linking Zambia’s copper region to a port on the Indian ocean.

A speech by Chinese President Ji Xinping broadcast at the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) memorial park in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. For over a decade, China poured more than $120 billion of government-backed loans through its Belt and Road Initiative to build hydropower plants, roads and rail lines across the continent — as well as unparalleled influence.

Europe Loses Top Aluminum Supplier With Mozambique Smelter Idled

16. März 2026 um 06:56
South32 Ltd. idled its Mozambican aluminum smelter, Europe’s biggest source of the metal, after talks failed to secure an affordable power supply deal beyond this month, tightening global supplies just as the Iran war prompted Bahrain to curtail output at the world’s biggest facility.

Molten aluminium Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Key Congo Copper-Export Route Cut Off After Bridge Collapses

02. März 2026 um 06:39
Flooding severed the Democratic Republic of Congo’s main copper-export corridor after a bridge collapsed just south of the Zambian border, disrupting shipments from the world’s second-largest producer of the metal.

Copper plates on wagons ready for onward shipping at the Mufulira refinery, operated by Mopani Copper Mines Plc, in Mufulira, Zambia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. A recent 1,900-mile journey from mines in Congo and Zambia shows how, a century after commercial mining began here, the world’s hunger for copper is again reshaping the region.

Southern Africa Floods That Killed 300 Fueled by Global Warming

29. Januar 2026 um 17:37
An estimated 300 people have died in extreme flooding across parts of southern Africa, including a one-in-50-year event that researchers said was worsened by climate change.

Residents wade through floodwater to cross a road near Maputo, Mozambique on Jan. 20, 2026. At least 114 people have died since the rainy season began in early October 2025, including 51 since Christmas Eve, when downpours intensified and sent torrents of river water crashing through several villages.
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