Posted on 25 July 2010
From Mining Weekly Online : “The external concept study that is expected to shed fresh light on the expansion of Sishen-Saldanha rail capacity beyond 60 million tons a year (mta) should be available soon, Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) CEO Chris Griffith said after KIO announced record operational and financial results on Thursday [22 July], as [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 19 July 2010
Talking to the press during June, acting Transnet CEO Chris Wells conceded that Transnet Freight Rail was largely to blame for the disappointing performance of the Richards Bay export coal line. This was after taking into account the downturn in the coal export market related to the recession, as well as seasonal problems in output [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Egyptian government, keen to encourage investment in the Sinai peninsula and in the cities along the Suez Canal, intends to construct a $US1bn tunnel beneath the canal at Port Said, carrying a rail track and two road traffic lanes. The planned location is 19km south of the canal’s northern entrance. Existing crossing points are [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
From an article in The Namibian by Jana-Mari Smith “TransNamib is determined to overhaul its image as a battling state-owned enterprise and to revive the ‘glory days’ of the railways in Namibia. Senior managers of TransNamib met with high-ranking officials from the ministry of works and transport and members of the TransNamib Board to clear [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Kalagadi Manganese –a new manganese mine project at a cost of more than R2.2 billion near Hotazel in the Northern Cape – will be the South African Industrial Development Corporation’s (IDC) biggest investment in the 2010-11 financial year. The expected output is to be some three million tons annually (mta). Construction of a sinter plant [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The new connection from Shanghai to the Pudong International Airport is the world’s first commercial magnetic levitation (maglev) railway. Travelling at 431km/h, the 35km journey takes eight minutes, which makes Gautrain (160km/h) look slow by comparison. Powerful magnets underneath the coaches, combined with magnetised trackwork, cause the train to levitate between one and ten centimetres [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On 16 July, the governments of Mozambique and Botswana signed a memorandum of understanding for the developing of a deep water port at Techobanine Point, in Mozambique’s southernmost district of Matutuine, and the building of a 1,100km connecting railway through Zimbabwe from Serule in Botswana. The envisaged port would be able to handle bulk mineral [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The new Nasrec station in Johannesburg was refurbished at a cost of about R70 million, to handle thousands of people going to the Soccer City stadium during the recent World Cup event. The station was at the centre of rail, bus and taxi hubs to cope with the projected 20,000 people expected to stream though [...] [...more]
