Deal signed to export DR Congo copper via US-backed corridor

Two firms, Singapore-based Trafigura and Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines, signed a major deal on Wednesday to export copper along a US-backed rail route from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The corridor to the Angolan port of Lobito has been part-funded by Washington as part of its efforts to help Western companies compete with China for access to African minerals.

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