Richards Bay Coal Terminal (Proposed - Transnet)

Richards Bay Coal Terminal (Proposed - Transnet) is a proposed coal export terminal for Richards Bay in South Africa.

Background
In November 2012 Transnet, a South African government-owned transport business, stated that it planned to build its own new coal terminal at Richards Bay as a way of bypassing the existing Richards Bay Coal Terminal which is controlled by the Richards Bay Coal Terminal Company, a consortium of existing coal companies and a coal transport company. Sudesh Maharaj, programme director for Transnet's Richards Bay port expansion projects, told Reuters that the company was planning to build a terminal capable of handling 14 million tonnes a year with the capacity to be upgraded to 32 million tonnes a year. Reuters reported that "the facility could begin exporting by mid-2020 if approved by the Transnet board...".

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