Open iron ore export channel to private sector, partnerships, says miner
Getting the channel to contractual capacity will benefit SA, says Kumba Iron Ore CEO Nompumelelo Zikalala
14 August 2022 - 10:35
Nompumelelo Zikalala, CEO of Kumba Iron Ore, has called for the iron ore export channel (IOEC), a 861km rail line that runs between mines in the Northern Cape and Saldanha in the Western Cape, to be opened for private-sector concessions or partnerships with Transnet.
Zikalala told Business Times on the sidelines of a Women's Day event by asset management firm Ninety One that her company was keen to engage with Transnet and the government to consider introducing concessions on the IOEC. ..
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