Sourcing · Logistics
Six ways to the sea.
Much of Africa’s mineral wealth is inland. How cargo reaches a port — by rail, road or barge, through which borders — shapes cost, lead time and the paperwork a buyer needs. These are the corridors we plan around.
- Angola
- Tanzania
- South Africa
- Namibia
- Mozambique
- Guinea
- Ghana
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Côte d'Ivoire
01 · Atlantic
Lobito Corridor
- Ports ·
- Lobito, Angola
- Serves ·
- DRC Copperbelt, north-west Zambia
- Copper cathode
- Copper concentrate
- Cobalt hydroxide
- Manganese
02 · Indian Ocean
Dar es Salaam Corridor
- Ports ·
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Serves ·
- Zambia, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda
- Copper cathode
- Cobalt hydroxide
- Tin and tantalum concentrates
- Graphite
- Aromatics
03 · South Africa
Durban and Richards Bay
- Ports ·
- Durban, Richards Bay, Maputo, Port Elizabeth/Ngqura
- Serves ·
- South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, DRC
- Chrome ore
- Manganese ore
- PGM concentrate and metal
- Vanadium
- Zircon and titanium
- Copper
04 · Atlantic
Walvis Bay Corridors
- Ports ·
- Walvis Bay, Namibia
- Serves ·
- Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, southern DRC
- Uranium oxide
- Copper
- Lithium concentrate
- Zinc
- Manganese
05 · Mozambique
Beira and Nacala
- Ports ·
- Beira, Nacala, Pemba (Mozambique)
- Serves ·
- Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, northern Mozambique
- Lithium concentrate
- Graphite
- Chrome
- Mineral sands
- Aromatics
06 · Gulf of Guinea
West African ports
- Ports ·
- Kamsar, Conakry, Takoradi, Tema, Abidjan, Dakar, Freetown
- Serves ·
- Guinea, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso
- Bauxite
- Manganese
- Gold
- Zircon and ilmenite
- Rutile
- Lithium (Mali)
Aromatics travel differently: small, high-value consignments by air freight from Madagascar, Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa, under the documentation described in the aromatic library.