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 and China Railway Engineering Design and Consulting Group Co in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement with two Chinese firms to build a railway between the two African countries for transporting metals, including battery mineral nickel, to the port city of Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania and Burundi have partnered with Chinese firms to construct a railway for transporting minerals, including nickel, to Dar es Salaam. The $2.15 billion project involves China Railway Engineering firms and is financed by the African Development Bank.