Transnet bottleneck throttles Kumba Iron Ore

Company could consider reconfiguration after freight problems cost R6bn in lost sales

30 July 2023 - 00:00

Increasing rail disruptions on the 870km line connecting mines in the iron ore-rich Northern Cape to the port of Saldhana in the Western Cape could lead to a short-term reconfiguration of Anglo American's Kumba Iron Ore unit. ..

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