South Africa shuts iron ore line
South Africa’s
logistics group, Transnet, has shut down its iron ore rail line after a
train carrying ore was derailed, the company said on Saturday,
threatening to slow exports of the raw material.
Transnet’s freight arm’s spokesman, Sandile Simelani, said it would
take some time to clear the line between Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine
and the port of Saldhana following the derailment. Kumba, a unit of
global miner Anglo American and the world’s 10th-largest iron ore
producer, uses the line to export the steel-making ingredient to
overseas markets. Mr Simelani said the cause of the derailment of the
train, which had 124 wagons carrying the raw material, had not yet been
established but workers were busy clearing the site.
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