Chinese copper miners join $1.2 billion African rail revamp

24.06.2026

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.

Copper producers CMOC Group Ltd. and Zijin Mining Group Co. are teaming up with state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corp., or CCECC, to upgrade...