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The President of the Republic of Congo proposed this project to the Council of Ministers held on January 17, 2022. Denis Sassou N’Guesso proposes on January 17, the construction of a one length railway of regarding 1000 km. This path should unite the department of Sangha (north) and that of Pointe-Noire (south). The Head of State considers both useful and strategic to accelerate the development of the country, thanks to a leverage effect on mining projects located in other departments of Congo or those particularly related to the development of gas production. liquefied in other areas of the Congo. The construction of a railway line between the department of Sangha and that of Pointe-Noire and the provision of the productions thus transported to the future ore port of Pointe-Noire; integrating and regional projects, insofar as they involve the neighboring and sister country of Cameroon. These infrastructures will involve the creation of hundreds of jobs and the development of the localities concerned in the department of Sangha. The country’s ambition is, thanks to these deposits and if their promises are kept, to become one of the three largest iron producers in the world. The consortium formed by the company Sangha Development Mining and its partners intends to begin the development of these mines during this year and intends to invest more than 10 billion dollars, or approximately 5,400 billion CFA francs, for an annual production perspective of 10 million tonnes of iron from the year 2023, the mining sector then bringing invaluable added value to our national economy and contributing to development. The Congolese number one added that the challenge of a diversified and significant production start-up in this vital economic sector must be accompanied by resolute action by the government, so that the infrastructures are made available to the mining sector which will allow to make it economically profitable. But the Congolese government is careful not to give a date for the full commissioning of this railway, the total cost of which has not been specified. The schedule is closely linked to questions of logistics and the supply of ballast, rails and concrete sleepers in areas that are sometimes difficult to access.
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