Chinese Firms to Build $2 Billion Tanzanian Rail to Nickel Mine
- Railway links Burundi mine to Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port
- Construction of the rail line is financed by a loan from AfDB
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Tanzania signed a $2.15 billion deal with two Chinese firms to construct a railway linking its main port of Dar es Salaam to a nickel mine in neighboring Burundi.
Tanzania Railways Corp. awarded the contracts to China Railway Engineering Group Ltd. and China Railway Engineering Design and Consulting Group Co. in Dar es Salaam.