Transnet Sees Manganese Railroad Study Completed by February
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Transnet SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state-run port and rail utility, plans to complete a feasibility study on expanding a manganese rail line to its deepwater Ngqura export harbor in Eastern Cape Province by February.
Transnet is seeking to expand capacity on its line to the city of Port Elizabeth, which passes Ngqura, to 12 million metric tons a year from 7 million tons now, Siyabonga Gama, head of the company’s freight-rail business, told reporters at the Tshipi mine in Northern Cape province today. Transnet may boost the figure to as much as 22 million tons after 2017, he said.