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AMCU laments tragic start to new year
20th January 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has lamented the tragic start to this year, which has already seen three mineworkers dying in various incidents. The first two... 


Future structure of Denel starts to emerge as turnaround plan advances
29th November 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

Denel Chief Financial Officer Carmen Le Grange has indicated the businesses that the State-owned defence group was exiting or was planning to exit, as part of its turnaround strategy. She did so in... 


CN Rail strike begins in threat to Canadian oil, potash cargo
20th November 2019 By: Bloomberg

About 3 200 workers at Canadian National Railway Co went on strike at midnight Tuesday, threatening to crimp shipments of oil, potash and grain across the country. Conductors and yard operators at... 


FOUR-KILOMETRE TRAIN:
FOUR-KILOMETRE TRAIN:
8th November 2019 By: Donna Slater

The longest production train in the world is in daily operation on South Africa’s manganese line. State-owned rail company Transnet Freight Rail broke world records on October 24 with this... 


MISTRESS OF MULTI-TASKING
MISTRESS OF MULTI-TASKING
8th November 2019

Transnet Freight Rail launched the world’s longest production train, with 375 wagons, on October 24. The train carries about 24 000 t of manganese from Sishen, in the Northern Cape, to Saldanha... 


Transnet not overly concerned by slump in export coal volumes
18th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned logistics group Transnet reported a 6.5% fall, from 77-million tons to 72-million tons, in export coal volumes in 2018/19, but described the decline as cyclical rather than structural.... 


Transnet acting CEO Mohammed Mahomedy
Transnet reports dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49bn
30th September 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet received yet another qualified audit for its 2018/19 financial year and also announced a dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49-billion, after... 


Investment By Metric Strategic Contribution To Engineering Capacity
Investment By Metric Strategic Contribution To Engineering Capacity
26th August 2019

The significant investment in a third Rottler three-axis CNC machining unit by Metric Automotive Engineering represents a strategic contribution in support of local original equipment manufacturers... 


Harmony employee dies in accident at Doornkop plant
19th August 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A Harmony Gold employee died in a surface rail locomotive related accident at the Doornkop gold plant on Sunday. "Harmony management wish to express their deepest condolences to the deceased... 


Implats confirms fatality at Impala Rustenburg shaft
8th August 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

A worker died in a locomotive accident at Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) Impala Rustenburg 1 Shaft this week. Implats on Thursday said that, as far as it was aware, Nelso Thipe’s locomotive was... 


FIKILE MBALULA 
Achieving efficiencies in rail will go a long way towards addressing challenges brought about by congestion on our road network
Intervention in place to improve agency’s operational performance
2nd August 2019

A decisive intervention to turn around Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and improve its operational performance while rebuilding its engineering capacity to drive the modernisation... 


Afro4000 locomotives going under the online auction hammer
Afro4000 locomotives going under the online auction hammer
25th July 2019

South African house, WH Auctioneers, holds regular auctions of assets for the construction, mining, transport, agricultural and engineering industries. WH launched an online auction for 13 Afro... 


Locomotives
Grindrod recovers locomotives from Sierra Leone
22nd July 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed freight and financial services company Grindrod has, this month, taken delivery of 20 of its locomotives that had been recovered and transported from Sierra Leone to the Port of Durban.... 


An integral part of Afrox’s 360-degree solutions
An integral part of Afrox’s 360-degree solutions
8th July 2019

Safety is at the heart of Afrox’s 360-degree Solutions initiative, particularly when it comes to welding and cutting in difficult to reach places on site and at height. Afrox’s Business Manager for... 


Transnet Freight Rail Breakthrough Technologies
Transnet Freight Rail Breakthrough Technologies
19th June 2019

In a context of increasing competition, growing demand and tighter management of operational and capital costs, freight railways are constantly looking for ways to increase efficiency by boosting... 


IHHA conference to ‘better equip’ Transnet to take advantage of global knowledge, technology
31st May 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

As it keeps the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in mind, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is hopeful that the upcoming International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) conference will provide the... 


Getac fully rugged tablets ensure transportation safety for Lithuanian Railways
Getac fully rugged tablets ensure transportation safety for Lithuanian Railways
23rd May 2019

Officially founded in 1919, Lithuanian Railways is the century-old State-owned railway company of Lithuania. It provides passenger and freight services on a network covering nearly 2 000 km of... 


IN-SERVICE TRAINING Artisans provided with competence to perform in the workplace
Theoretical balance crucial in applied competencies assessment
3rd May 2019 By: Thabi Shomolekae

In assessing applied competencies in terms of training and working on mining machinery, there must be a balance between theoretical, practical and workplace competences that are suited to a... 


Localisation can help revive South Africa’s rail industry
3rd May 2019 By: Natasha Odendaal

Original equipment manufacturer Bombardier Transportation South Africa (BTSA) wants to be an integral part of South Africa’s growth story as it pursues localisation ambitions beyond 60%. South... 


Transnet to meet OEMs this month in bid to reach settlement on ‘unlawful’ locomotive contracts
Transnet to meet OEMs this month in bid to reach settlement on ‘unlawful’ locomotive contracts
12th April 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned logistics group Transnet will, during the course of April and May, seek to secure “just and equitable” negotiations with the four original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supplying it... 


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