But the most advanced of all is the 1,300km Lobito Corridor from Angola’s Lobito Port to mines in the DRC and Zambia. Lobito has attracted $10bn in investment pledges from the United States (US), European Union (EU), African Development Bank and private sector consortia. The Lobito Corridor has already been used by Ivanhoe Mines to transport copper concentrate to Lobito from its Kamoa-Kakula complex in the DRC. “Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia are where the competition between the US and China for critical minerals is playing out,” he said. He is not walking away from the Lobito Corridor and has spent time and capital on facilitating the DRC-Rwanda peace talks.