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Orex upgrade targets more capacity

By and Rollo Dickson2007-06-03T19:06:00

Longer trains and a new locomotive fleet are key elements in a programme to raise capacity on Spoornet's heavy-haul iron ore line linking mines at Sishen with the deep-water port at Saldanha. Rollo Dickson reports on progress

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