Transnet Reconfirms Relocation of Manganese Export Facility

Mining Weekly reported that Transnet Port Terminals has reconfirmed that South Africa’s manganese export facility will be relocated to the Port of Ngqura by 2015/16.

As quoted in the market news:

The project is expected to increase manganese export volumes from the current 5.5-million tons a year to 12-million tons a year by 2016/17 and formed part of Transnet’s R300-billion investment programme for the coming seven years, with R33-billion having been set aside for the expansion and improvement of TPT’s bulk and container terminals.

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