Photo courtesy Angola Ministry of Transport Officials at an official groundbreaking in January for 200-km Angola rail link, with construction to be fully underway later this year. Construction of Angola's 260-km Luena-Saurimo railway line broke ground earlier this year, nearly three years after a design-build contract was awarded for the project—the southwest African country's first greenfield railroad extension in more than 100 years. In addition to linking Angola's disparate rail system, the project will be a backbone for a broader regional initiative to connect the mineral-rich regions of Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito. Brazil-based Odebrecht Engineering and Construction, through its affiliate Odebrecht Angola, in a consortium with Portugal's Bento Pedroso Construções were selected as contractors for the $1.17-billion project that will connect Angola's Moxico and Lunda-Sul provinces.…