Infrastructure
Rail, ports, pipelines, transmission and processing infrastructure that enables resource economies.
Overview
Rail, ports, pipelines, transmission and processing infrastructure that enables resource economies.
Key data
- Type
- enabling
- Commodities
- Pending verification
- Countries
- Guinea, Angola
- Value chains
- Pending verification
Business opportunities
Related countries
Guinea
Guinea is the world's leading bauxite exporter and host of Simandou, one of the largest untapped high-grade iron ore deposits, developed together with a trans-Guinean railway and a new port.
Angola
Angola remains a major deepwater producer and, through the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession, is positioning as the Atlantic export route for Central African copper and cobalt.
Related news
SimFer begins staged commissioning of Morebaya port for Simandou
Stacker-reclaimers and shiploaders are being commissioned. The port was 85% complete at end-H1 2026, with full commissioning expected in Q1 2027; ore ships via the WCS port meanwhile.
Simandou corridor: rail and port works define the critical path
Guinea's iron ore ambition is bounded less by orebody quality than by the trans-Guinean railway and port commissioning sequence.
Lobito Corridor volumes become the metric to watch for Copperbelt exports
The Atlantic route shortens transit versus east coast alternatives; realised tonnage will determine its strategic weight.
Guinea presses for domestic alumina refining
Policy signalling continues to favour in-country value addition over raw bauxite export, with power supply the decisive constraint.