Project description
Project description This project has three (03) main components:
- A railway line of nearly 540 km
- A mineral terminal, located in Lobabe (South-West Cameroon), in the deep-water port
- The mines: Operation of the mines located in Nabeba (Congo) and Mbarga (Cameroon) for a capacity of 35 million tons per year
Issues
Development of the sub-region's iron ore reserves and facilitation of exports through the construction of major infrastructure
Client
Republic of Cameroon
Amount of the transaction
XAF 10 Billion
Mission of FINANCIA Capital
Lead and Financial Advisor of the State of Cameroon
Achievements (2012 - 2015)
- Supported the Steering Committee in negotiations on all aspects of the implementation of these projects
- Acted as an interface between the Permanent Secretariat of the Steering Committee and the Government advisors
- Ensured global coordination of the missions on legal, technical and financial advising
- Reviewed the project’s integrated financial model
- Reviewed the financial model of the mineral terminal project company (PortCo)
- Reviewed the financial model of the railway project company (RailCo)
- Structured tariffs of the rail and mining company
- Structured tariffs of the ore terminal
- Provided key inputs on the Mbalam Convention
- Provided key inputs on the concession agreements for the ore terminal
- Provided key inputs on the Rail concession agreements
- Provided key inputs on the EPC Contract
- Provided key inputs on the Offtake Agreement
- Completed the financial restructuring of the Project
Project status
In progress
