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TFR to begin 14-day coal-line shutdown on July 11

TFR to begin 14-day coal-line shutdown on July 11

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29th June 2016

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

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State-owned railways utility Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) announced on Wednesday that it would begin a 14-day total shutdown of the coal export line on July 11. The yearly maintenance shutdown would continue until July 24.

On average, 230 000 t/d is railed down the corridor, which links the Mpumalanga coalfields to the private Richards Bay Coal Terminal, in KwaZulu-Natal.

TFR still expects to move around 76-million tons during its current financial year to March 31, 2017, having railed only 72.1-million tons in 2016, owing to weak market conditions.

TFR said the focus of the 2016 shutdown would be to address a maintenance backlog, replace old, obsolete and problematic infrastructure and accelerate capital upgrades in line with the expected future volume growth.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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