R17 Billion Swazi, SA Rail Link to Open New Coal Capacity

Publisher:
CreamerMedia
Publication Date:
19 January 2012
Tags:
South Africa, Eswatini, Industry and Infrastructure, Transport and Shipping, Economy, Business and Finance

South African freight logistics group Transnet and Swazi Rail confirmed on Thursday that they planned to move ahead with a R16-billion to R17-billion greenfield railway project between Lothair, in South Africa, and Sidvokodvo, in Swaziland -- the single line was currently scheduled to be commissioned in 2016, with an initial yearly capacity of 15-million tons.


 

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