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US vies with China for African critical minerals via Angola railway

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The U.S. is attempting to counter China's dominance in critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo by reviving the Lobito Corridor, a 1,300-kilometer railway in Angola. This initiative aims to reroute cobalt, lithium, and copper exports away from Chinese-controlled mines and processing facilities. However, China had previously invested $1.83 billion in rebuilding the Benguela Railway, which forms the core of the Lobito Corridor, and has significant existing investments in Angola. AI

IMPACT Secures supply chains for materials essential to AI hardware manufacturing and energy transition.

RANK_REASON Geopolitical competition over critical resources and infrastructure investment. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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US vies with China for African critical minerals via Angola railway

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Rest of World TIER_1 English(EN) · Nicolas Niarchos ·

    An old railroad is key to U.S.-China race for critical metals in Africa

    A train on the Benguela railway between Lobito and Luau, Angola, circa 1910.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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