Key Railway Serving South African Iron-Ore Exporters Reopens
- Line used to haul iron-ore and manganese from Kumba mine
- Cable theft has affected multiple Transnet operations
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A rail line linking South Africa’s iron-ore hub in the Northern Cape province to the west coast has reopened after the theft of power cables forced its temporary closure.
The 861-kilometer (535-mile) line that’s used to haul iron-ore and manganese from Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.’s giant Sishen mine and other operations in the province to the port of Saldanha reopened on Wednesday night, Sinah Phochana, a spokeswoman for the mining company, said in an emailed statement. It was briefly shut after the theft of 11 spans of wire triggered a power failure on Tuesday, according to Transnet SOC Ltd., the state-owned entity that operates the line.