"Je suis d?ailleurs persuad? qu?? terme les gouvernements de ces...

"Je suis d?ailleurs persuad? qu?? terme les gouvernements de ces deux pays finiront par accepter de faire passer leurs minerais sur nos infra?structures plut?t que de lancer des travaux pharaoniques et co?teux?"

"By the way, I am persuaded that the governments of these countries will eventually finish by accepting to transport their minerals by our infrastructure, rather than embark upon expensive infrastructure projects like pharaohs..."

I'm not great at translation, but am forever glad that I learned French and so, technically, don't need to be ;)

That article is just Timmis just hustling good news before it has happened and making sure there's lots of media interest. There's nothing in there that hasn't already been reported.