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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 834
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 03 MAY 2013
834. Mr N N J van R Koornhof (Cope) to ask the Minister of Public
Enterprises:
(1) Whether he has been informed that Transnet does not have the capacity
to transport all Phalaborwa Mining Company (PMC) magnetite by rail; if so,
(2) whether he has been informed that PMC is transporting the majority of
their stock by truck on the R40 between Phalaborwa and Mpumalanga,
therefore harming the road infrastructure; if so, when will the situation
be rectified? NW1040E
Reply:
According to Transnet:
(1) Transnet does have the capacity to transport the entire Phalaborwa
Mining Companyâs (PMC) magnetite by rail that it is contracted for.
(2) It is incorrect that PMC is transporting the majority of their stock by
truck on the R40.