Transport

Railway

GENDER SENSITIVITY

 

URBAN-RURAL CONNECTIVITY

 

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

 

PIDA PROGRAMME:
21 - North-South Multimodal Transport Corridor

LATEST ACTUAL STAGE:

S2B: Feasibility (2017)

PROJECT LOCATION

Zambia

PROJECT INSTITUTION:

Zambia Railways

BENEFICARY COUNTRIES

Angola

Democratic Republic of Congo

Zambia

PROJECT DIMENSIONS:

Length: 536 km

STARTING_DATE:

COMPLETION_DATE:

PREPARATION COST:

6.51 million USD

CAPEX COST:

300.00 million USD

PROJECT STAGE:

S2B: Feasibility

PROJECT FEATURED IN:

Chingola - Solwezi Railway Extension

The project aims to extend the Chingola - Solwezi Railway in Zambia's copperbelt province to the border with Angola at Jimbe. The project also involves the expansion of the Mineral Terminal of Lobito port and the construction of a rail link from Solowezi in Zambia to Luena in Angola to link Zambia’s Copper belt with the Benguela Railway and Lobito Port.

DESCRIPTION

The project involves the extension of Chingola - Solwezi Railway to the border with Angola at Jimbe, to service new mines in the Copperbelt region. Angola has already commenced construction from Luena on the Lobito Corridor towards Jimbe which lies on the Angola- Zambia border. This project will see full rail service on the Lobito Corridor.

OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE

PROJECT RISKS

PROJECT ECONOMICS

  • NET PRESENT VALUE: 0.00
  • COST BENEFIT RATIO: 0.00
  • FINANCIAL INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (FIRR): 0.00
  • ECONOMIC INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (EIRR): 0.00
  • COMMENTS ON ECONOMICS:

PROJECT FINANCING

PREPARATION CAPEX
COST: 6.51 300.00
COST SECURED: 0.00 0.00
FINANCING TYPE:
FINANCIERS:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERALL COST: 0.00
ANNUAL COST: 0.00
COMMENTS ON FINANCE:
CAPEX funding not secured yet.

STUDIES

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

National Coordination

Zambia - Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development

National Coordination

Zambia - Ministry of Transport and Communications

Lead REC

Southern African Development Community

Lead National Agency

Zambia Railways

CONTACTS

Mr. Ahid Maeresera -ahidm@nepad.org

Jordan Zimba-zimbajordan@yahoo.com

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