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The $20BN Railway China Built to Unlock Africa's Richest Iron Mine

Long-form12:02Education

Published Aug 14, 2026, 11:00 AM · 2mo ago

Civil Mentors

213K subscribers · median 23.7K views

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25,904

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363

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#10

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Engagement

1.6%

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China-backed companies, Rio Tinto and Guinea are building the $20 billion Simandou project to connect one of the world’s richest iron ore deposits to the Atlantic Ocean. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CivilMentors?sub_confirmation=1 *Copyright Disclaimer* We may use some clips in our videos from other fellow creators mainly for educational, research purpose under Copyright act 1976 Section 107. But if you still want us to remove your content from our videos, please feel free to contact us at Brian[at]CivilSeek.com and we'll happily do so. Thank You!

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Published: Aug 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
Length: 12:02 (722 s)
Format: Long-form
Category: Education
Audio language: EN
Quality: HD
Captions: No
Made for kids: No
Licensed content: Yes
Video ID: 2A6XyGKXJeg

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