China signs landmark copper rail deal with Zambia, Tanzania

AFRICA

TAZARA line will facilitate exports

First Quantum Zambia copper | Credits: FQM

China, Zambia, and Tanzania signed a landmark $1.4 billion agreement on Thursday to revive the 1,860-kilometer (1,155-mile) Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) railway line to facilitate copper…

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