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Railways Africa wrote a new blog post: LATEST ON SA’S IRON ORE STORY 5 days, 6 hours ago
From Mining Weekly Online :
“The external concept study that is expected to shed fresh light on the expansion of Sishen-Saldanha rail capacity beyond 60 million tons a year (mta) should be available soon, Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) CEO Chris Griffith said after KIO announced record operational and financial results on Thursday , as well as [...] -
Railways Africa wrote a new blog post: TUNNEL UNDER SUEZ 5 days, 6 hours ago
The Egyptian government, keen to encourage investment in the Sinai peninsula and in the cities along the Suez Canal, intends to construct a $US1bn tunnel beneath the canal at Port Said, carrying a rail track and two road traffic lanes. The planned location is 19km south of the canal’s northern entrance. Existing crossing points are [...]
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Railways Africa wrote a new blog post: TRANSNAMIB MAKEOVER 5 days, 6 hours ago
From an article in The Namibian by Jana-Mari Smith
“TransNamib is determined to overhaul its image as a battling state-owned enterprise and to revive the ‘glory days’ of the railways in Namibia. Senior managers of TransNamib met with high-ranking officials from the ministry of works and transport and members of the TransNamib Board to [...] -
Railways Africa wrote a new blog post: BIG MANGANESE PRODUCTION BOOST 5 days, 6 hours ago
Kalagadi Manganese –a new manganese mine project at a cost of more than R2.2 billion near Hotazel in the Northern Cape – will be the South African Industrial Development Corporation’s (IDC) biggest investment in the 2010-11 financial year. The expected output is to be some three million tons annually (mta).
Construction of a sinter plant at [...] -
Railways Africa wrote a new blog post: MAKES GAUTRAIN LOOK SLOW 5 days, 7 hours ago
The new connection from Shanghai to the Pudong International Airport is the world’s first commercial magnetic levitation (maglev) railway. Travelling at 431km/h, the 35km journey takes eight minutes, which makes Gautrain (160km/h) look slow by comparison.
Powerful magnets underneath the coaches, combined with magnetised trackwork, cause the train to levitate between one and ten [...]
