New Ngqura manganese terminal to lift capacity, says Transnet unit

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has again confirmed that it will relocate the current export manganese facility from Port Elizabeth to a new two-berth facility at the Port of Ngqura by 2015/16, which it says will also...

Grindrod keen on Prasa, West African iron-ore projects

Grindrod was interested in participating in the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa’s) proposed R136-billion rolling stock renewal programme, said Grindrod freight services division CE Dave Rennie on Wednesday. He said the...

Coking coal potential to validate Mozambique infrastructure investment

Mozambique’s rapidly growing coal sector offers investors a promising future, with production from various projects expected to reach new buyer’s markets states international broking house London Commodity Brokers (LCB) South Africa GM Bevan...

Mining targeted as key market for new 20 ft half-height container

Bulk and packing solutions company Nzenga investment, in conjunction with logistics group Santova Logistics, have launched South Africa’s first 20ft (6 m) half-height container.

Tshipi Borwa manganese project, South Africa

Tshipi é Ntle Manganese and contractor Aveng Moolmans have signed a R1.35-billion openpit mining contract for the Tshipi Borwa mine.

Transnet expects study on new Richards Bay line by October

State-owned logistics group Transnet expects a feasibility study, which explores the possibility of building a new railway line through Swaziland to Richards Bay, to be ready by the end of October, a company official said on Wednesday. Divyesh...

CoAL’s exposure to export prices rises on bigger Matola allocation

JSE-, ASX- and Aim-listed coal junior Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) reported on Thursday that it had lifted coal production to 862 347 t during its March 2011 quarter when compared with the December period, but said that sales fell by by 9%....

Resgen awarded mining right for Boikarabelo coal mine

ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (Resgen) said on Thursday that it had received a 30-year mining right to develop its Boikarabelo mine. The Boikarabelo project, situated in South Africa’s Limpopo province, is said to be one of the...

ResGen moves $100m rail project for coal mine forward

ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (ResGen) said on Monday that the construction of its proposed 45-km rail link from its new coal-mining site in the Waterberg region of South Africa to existing rail infrastructure was being brought forward...

South Africa Sept coal exports rise to 5,36Mt

South Africa's coal exports rose to 5,36-million tons in September from 4,16-million tons in the same month last year, boosted by higher deliveries by logistics group Transnet, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) data showed. The figure compares...

Homeland shareholder steps in to repay Nedbank loan

Embattled coal-miner Homeland Energy was seeking to refinance a Nedbank loan facility to reduce liquidity and market risk, after its biggest shareholder GMR Energy had to step in to make a R12-million loan repayment to Nedbank. The TSX-listed...

Call for products to get back on track

Logistics company Imperial Logistics is collaborating with its customers and State-owned logistics group Transnet in an effort to bring back to rail the commodities and containers that are suitable for rail transport. Further, it is critically...