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Copperbelt miners turn to Tanzania as S African lockdown hits ports
7th April 2020 By: Reuters

South Africa's strict coronavirus lockdown has caused miners to divert copper from the country's ports to others in Africa, with Dar es Salaam the clear winner, sources told Reuters. Authorities in... 


Palabora, Grindrod sign five-year magnetite handling contract
20th February 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed freight and logistics company Grindrod has entered into a five-year contract to transport five-million tonnes a year of magnetite by rail from copper miner Palabora Mining Company's... 


Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
6th December 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Ledjadja Coal has entered into two nonbinding term sheets for equity and debt with a group of three potential funders to fund the Boikarabelo coal project. 


Resgen subsidiary signs term sheet with investors
3rd December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ledjadja Coal, subsidiary of ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (Resgen), has entered into two nonbinding term sheets for equity and debt with a group of three potential funders to fund the... 


Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
29th November 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has signed a ten-year take-or-pay coal transport agreement with ResGen subsidiary Ledjadja Coal. 


Transnet chief customer officer Mike Fanucchi and ResGen interim CEO Papi Molotsane signing coal transport agreement
R7bn Limpopo coal mine a step closer as ResGen, Transnet ink ten-year logistics deal
21st November 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet signed a ten-year take-or-pay coal transport agreement with Resource Generation (ResGen) subsidiary Ledjadja Coal on Thursday, improving prospects for... 


20 years skilling South African youth
23rd October 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

2019 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Go for Gold Education-to-Employment programme.  For the past 20 years, Go for Gold has boasted the efficacy of public-private partnerships, combining... 


TNPA supports World Maritime Day 2019
TNPA supports World Maritime Day 2019
27th September 2019

South Africa’s ports under the custodianship of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) rolled out an array of activities to mark World Maritime Day on Thursday, 26 September. Created by the... 


Locomotives
Grindrod recovers locomotives from Sierra Leone
22nd July 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed freight and financial services company Grindrod has, this month, taken delivery of 20 of its locomotives that had been recovered and transported from Sierra Leone to the Port of Durban.... 


James Holley
James Holley
24th May 2019

This week we profile James Holley, CEO of Traxtion, a rail transport logistics company 


New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
24th May 2019 By: Schalk Burger

A new liquid bulk handling facility at the deep-water Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, will be built to assist with the predicted future growth of petroleum product consumption in Africa. The... 


IEC Holden (Pty) Ltd appoints new Chairperson, MD
4th April 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

IEC Holden (Pty) Ltd., headquartered in Kempton Park, Gauteng, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Amos Hadebe as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Pedro Adams as... 


Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
8th February 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Sovereign Metals is hoping to raise A$4.3-million through a share placement to advance the development of its Malingunde project. 


Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
1st February 2019 By: Tracy Klückow

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 


Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
1st February 2019 By: Tracy Klückow

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 


Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
14th December 2018 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study has shown that the project offers a technically and economically robust, low-risk pathway to the production of premium-quality, coarse flake graphite concentrates. 


Company unlocks trade corridors through vessels business
30th November 2018

JSE listed-Grindrod and its partners continue to build on its core freight management competence in improving and unlocking trade corridors. 


Deal opens way for new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura
19th May 2017 By: Irma Venter

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) in May signed an agreement in Port Elizabeth that will see OTGC plan, fund, construct, maintain and operate a new... 


Junior coal terminal raising capacity, Transnet forges ahead with Waterberg programme
6th February 2017 By: Ilan Solomons

RBT-Grindrod Terminals is ramping up its coal export capacity to 3.6-million tons of coal. RBT-Grindrod, a joint venture between Grindrod and RBT Resources, offers a fully mechanised, brownfield... 


WOLMERTON DEPOT
The Wolmerton Depot overhaul falls under PRASA’s Depot Modernisation Programme
Company completes Wolmerton rail project
16th December 2016 By: Sascha Solomons

Rail track construction, rehabilitation, electrification and maintenance provider Grindrod Rail Construction (GRC), in a joint venture with engineering company Bakara, has completed the rail... 


Grindrod to invest in Maputo port, RBay coal and Africa rail projects
Grindrod to invest in Maputo port, RBay coal and Africa rail projects
25th February 2015 By: Irma Venter

Freight services and shipping group Grindrod would upgrade capacity at its Richards Bay coal and magnetite terminal from 3.2-million tons a year, to 4.5-million tons a year, said Grindrod CEO Alan... 


Grindrod rail divisional CE James Holley
Grindrod unveils new cost-effective shunting, short-haul locomotive
21st October 2014 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Grindrod’s rail division on Tuesday vowed to make rail operations more cost-effective in Africa, as Grindrod Locomotives unveiled its new, cost-effective fit-for-purpose shunting and... 


Pump and Abrasion Inks Investment Deal
4th August 2014

Pump and Abrasion Technologies has announced a Black Economic Empowerment investment deal that introduces 30% direct BEE ownership. Pump and Abrasion Technologies, renowned slurry pump... 


GREG McKENZIE It was a complex set of terms we provided GPR Leasing, which set out the basis on which the funding would be made available
Company receives $50m financing
27th June 2014 By: David Oliveira

Freight and logistics services provider Grindrod Freight Services partnered with infrastructure investment company Pembani-Remgro-Infrastructure Fund to form Mauritius-based rolling stock leasing... 


Minas Moatize coal expansion project, Mozambique
Minas Moatize coal expansion project, Mozambique
27th June 2014

Beacon Hill Resources is considering investor interest in acquiring a stake in the company or in its Minas Moatize coking coal project. 


JCMV IX - Challenges and solutions for Junior Miners and Eskom
23rd June 2014

Venturing into mining as a junior is not for the fainthearted. At present the coal market is depressed and the margins are small. The size of the South African domestic market is determined largely... 


Company boasts $72-million in locomotives projects
8th November 2013 By: Carina Borralho

Locomotive supplier RRL Grindrod Locomotives is expanding its manufacturing facilities in Pretoria, Gauteng, to keep up with growing demand and future projects, with the expansion set to be... 


Grindrod subsidiary, Vanguard, completes erection of first wind-energy farm
31st October 2013

Vanguard has successfully completed the erection of nine 3 megawatt (MW) wind turbines in a R550-million wind farm project in the Eastern Cape. Called the Metrowind Van Stadens wind farm, the... 


Company Annoucements:Grindrod receives green light to acquire RACEC
21st October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Grindrod Limited, the JSE listed freight logistics company, is pleased to announce that the Competition Commission last week approved the transaction to acquire the majority shareholding in RACEC... 


Company Annoucements:Prasa Responds To False Statements Peddled In The Media By The Democratic Alliance
14th October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa rejects a statement the Democratic Alliance released today, October 13 2013, in which it requested the Auditor-General to investigate PRASA’s contract with... 


Company Annoucements:Revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice
11th October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Join Transcend Corporate Advisors for one day session to gain an understanding of the new Revised B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice (RCoGP) and the implications these changes will have on your business... 


Freight industry starting to feel the impact of road-to-rail push
11th October 2013 By: Irma Venter

South Africa’s road transport industry “is definitely starting to feel the impact” of certain classes of cargo increasingly shifting to rail, says UD Trucks Southern Africa (UDTSA) corporate... 


Grindrod unit acquires 20% of Senwes in R444m deal
4th October 2013 By: Irma Venter

JSE-listed freight logistics company Grindrod, through its subsidiary, Grindrod Trading Holdings, has acquired a 20% share in Senwes. The transaction is valued at R444-million, at a price of R12.29... 


Beacon Hill enters ten-year coal transport lease
1st February 2013 By: Natasha Odendaal

ASX- and Aim-listed coal junior Beacon Hill Resources said on Friday that it had agreed to lease rolling stock for the bulk transport of coal along Mozambique’s Sena railway line from South African... 


Company Announcement: Memorandum of Understanding signed with Vitol Group
7th January 2013

Coal of Africa Limited is pleased to announce the signing of a binding Memorandum of Understanding with the Vitol Group of Companies 


CoAL signs coal marketing agreement with energy trader
7th January 2013 By: Natalie Greve

Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with energy trader Vitol Group on Monday, appointing it as the company’s exclusive marketing agent for its export thermal... 


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