Former president of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia (CMN) and Managing Director of Rössing Uranium, Werner Duvenhage, has called on government to urgently resolve operational and technical issues at TransNamib to avoid jeopardising much desired value addition and industrialisation within the mining industry.
"Unfortunately, the transport parastatal, TransNamib, is challenged to efficiently transport bulk mining cargo such as acid, thereby forcing mining companies and other chamber members to reluctantly use road transport as a last resort," said Duvenhage during the CMN's annual general meeting in Windhoek earlier this week.
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