Despite investments in rail infrastructure, road is still gaining ground over rail, according to mining analyst John Meyer. “Zambian copper producers used to export the majority of copper by rail through Zimbabwe until a train went missing along with thousands of tons of copper. Now copper miners send trucks individually by road,” he said. Logistics operators in Ndola told FTW that the train was shunted out to a quiet part of the countryside, the doors ground open (they were welded shut) and the cargo was removed.
