2024 – January
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Vesconite Bearings Celebrates Milestone Achievement With Thinnest-walled Bearing
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Bearing liner
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Enhancing Safety and Sustainability in Public Transport: A Conversation with Arnold Sivhada, SHERQ Executive – Bombela Operating Company
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TransNamib Transports 3,881 Tonnes Of Fuel
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The Development Of The Strategic Plan Of The National Railway Company Of Guinea
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Port Elizabeth Bulk Terminal Opens After a Successful Maintenance Shutdown
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Cape Town Container Terminal Receives Seven Additional Gantry Cranes
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Frédéric Hénon is appointed as Director of the UIC Freight Department
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Minister Mbarawa is Satisfied With the Trials of the SGR Train Head
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Acquisition of Operations in Liberia
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COP28: Africa could lose $25 billion per year as new EU carbon tax comes into effect, warns African Development Bank’s Adesina
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African Development Bank Approves $696.41 Million of Financing for Burundi and Tanzania to Build 650 Kilometers of Rail Infrastructure to Develop the Central Corridor Network
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The Bank's support will enable 651 kilometers of rail to be laid between Tanzania and Burundi, promoting cross border travel and regional integration
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Transnet Records Improvement in Half-year; Bouyant About Recovery Plan Prospects
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Grindrod Breaking Records
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International News: Dubai And Pakistan To Cooperate On Rail, Economic Zones & Infrastructure Improvement
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H.E. Shahid Ashraf Tarar, Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Communication, Railways and Maritime Affairs, and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), Government of Dubai, signing the agreements at Davos, as HE Pakistan's Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, looks on.
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Ngqura Container Terminal Recruits Operators to Run a Full Three-Berth Operation
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Local Expertise and Solutions Needed to Address Challenges Faced by South Africa’s Rail and Transportation Sector
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Espresso Week 3/2024
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SNIM Mauritania Signs MoU At COP28 To Explore Clean Energy For Trains
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Malawi Joins As Sixth Member State Of The Central Corridor, Enhancing Regional Trade And Connectivity
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Nigerian Railway Corporation Confirms Imminent Resumption Of Aba-Port-Harcourt Train Services
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Angolan Sovereign Wealth Fund Reviews Longonjo Construction Progress
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Port Of Maputo Reaches New Level With Record Volumes Of 31.2 Million Tons
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All-American Rail Group to Connect Luanda Railway to the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Transforming Railways In Tanzania: An Exclusive Interview With TRC’s Director General, Mr. Kadogosa
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Unveiling Africa’s Railway Transformation: A Conversation with Ibrah Wahabou, AUDA-NEPAD
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South Africa’s Progressive Business Forum Honours Afreximbank Board Member Ronnie Ntuli With Lifetime Achievement Award
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Infrastructure Development Bank Of Zimbabwe Changes Name To Accommodate New Mandate
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Changes Coming For Kenya’s Railway Sector
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Lucchini South Africa Welcomes 2024 Learners: A Commitment to Empowerment and Skills Development
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Ratification Of The Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Corridor To Boost Business In The Region
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Zambia Issues Expressions Of Interest For The Nseluka To Mpulungu Railway Spur
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African Development Bank Issues Revised Country Strategy Paper For Kenya
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Advancing Africa’s Rail Network: Insights From The Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network Workshop
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African Union Commission (AUC) Calls For Sustainable Rail As A Climate Solution For Urban Transportation In Africa At COP28
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Tanzania Railways Corporation Receives New Rolling Stock
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Minister Alkali Defends N46.6 Billion Budget For Nigeria’s Transport Overhaul, Focusing On Railway Expansion And National Connectivity
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Kenya: Commissioning of the Riruta-Ngong Metre Gauge Railway Line
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The First Tripartite Meeting Of The Lobito Corridor Committee Of Ministers Held In November 2023
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Ivanhoe Mines’ Exports Commence from Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex Along Lobito Atlantic Rail Corridor
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The shipment of copper concentrate on arrival at the Lobito port, ready for unloading. 
The first train of copper concentrate, consisting of 16 wagons, approached the Ocean port of Lobito, Angola on December 31, 2023. 
Figure 2. Map of Kamoa-Kakula and Western Foreland licences, existing local road and rail infrastructure, as well as the planned future rail spur connecting the Lobito Railway Corridor to Kamoa-Kakula. 
Aerial view of the Impala Terminals warehouses in Kolwezi, where the storage and loading of Kamoa-Kakula’s copper concentrate took place for the trial shipment. A rail spur is planned to be built, connecting the Lobito Railway Corridor in Kolwezi to Kamoa-Kakula, so that future loading can take place on-site (as shown in Figure 2). 
Figure 1. Map of export routes currently used by Kamoa-Kakula in red, as well as the Lobito Railway Corridor route in orange. Logistics costs currently account for ~30% of Kamoa-Kakula’s total cash costs (C1), due to the long in-land distances travelled by road for exports to reach port. 
Approximately, 1,100 tonnes of copper concentrate were loaded onto two trains at the Impala Terminals warehouse. Both trains left for the Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito on December 23, 2023, and reached their destination 8 days later, on December 31, 2023. 
Workers celebrating the first loading of Kamoa-Kakula’s copper concentrate at the Impala Terminals warehouse, Kolwezi. The concentrate was bagged into 2-tonne bags at Kamoa-Kakula and trucked 50 kilometres to the Impala Terminals warehouse before loading.
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Transnet Update on Container Corridor Operating Lease Process
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Developing Countries Paid Record $443.5 Billion on Public Debt in 2022
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TRC Board of Directors Inspected the Old Railway Dar – Kaliua
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Transnet Port Terminals’ Agreement With Oems to Boost Equipment Availability at Ports
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Siemens Mobility Delivers First 70 Mireo Regional and Long-distance Trains to ÖBB
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South Africa: Call For Balance In Investments For Road And Rail Infrastructure
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Steel and Engineering Sector on the Precipice of an Unprecedented Jobs Crisis
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Wabtec Awarded $157 Million Brake System Order from Siemens Limited
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South Africa: Railway Safety Regulator New Board – It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day!
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Ms Nompumelelo Sibongile Ekeke - Chairperson
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Nigeria Rail Transportation Data for Q3/2023
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Espresso week 5-2024
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Espresso Week 4/2024
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Construction Of Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway West Nicholson Rail Siding
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Espresso – 4/2023
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Update On Construction Activities At Longonjo
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Opinion Piece: Riding The Rails To The Future, How Network Surveillance Can Revitalise SA’s Train Network
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Marcel Bruyns, Sales Manager for Africa at Axis Communications
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