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This week: Capex culling is a ‘last resort’ as Transnet reviews the impact of a soft economy on its R300-billion plan. South Africa moves to procure 7 761 MW of baseload IPP power by 2025. And, the oft-cited South African mining skills dearth...

Capex culling a ‘last resort’ as Transnet reviews impact of soft economy on R300bn plan

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet is reviewing ways to de-risk its R300-billion market demand strategy (MDS) in light of the weaker-than-expected economic outlook, which could negatively affect commodity and container volumes. South...

Routing and scheduling software increases coal-railing efficiencies

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet's subsidiary, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), has contracted routing and scheduling software solutions provider Opsi Systems to roll out its custom-developed PLATO.Rail dynamic scheduling system software,...

Transnet issues tenders for the acquisition of 1 064 locomotives

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has issued two large tenders for the procurement of 1 064 locomotives for its general freight business (GFB) – the acquisition programmes, which will be implemented between 2013 and 2019, could...

South Africa teams up with Swaziland in bid to relieve coal corridor pressure

From South Africa’s perspective, the plan to move ahead with a R16-billion to R17-billion greenfield railway line between Lothair, in South Africa, and Sidvokodvo, in Swaziland, is primarily an attempt to relieve pressure on the coal corridor to...

South Africa teams up with Swaziland in bid to relieve coal corridor pressure

From South Africa’s perspective, the plan to move ahead with a R16-billion to R17-billion greenfield railway line between Lothair, in South Africa, and Sidvokodvo, in Swaziland is primarily an attempt to relieve pressure on the coal corridor to...

State-owned Transnet wants copper classified as ‘precious metal’, losing 1t daily to theft

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet wants copper to be classified as a ‘precious metal’ as it continues to lose about 1 km of copper cable daily to theft, the equivalent of a ton of copper. The utility says that ongoing theft had...