Train Collision Disrupts Supplies to Africa’s Biggest Coal Port

  • State-owned Transnet struggling to improve rail performance
  • Rail line transports coal from mines to export terminal
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Two trains collided on a key South Africa mining-export line, closing a route plagued by issues that have brought railings to Africa’s biggest coal port to a three-decade low.