Shipments at 30-year low as terminal counts cost of Transnet disruption
Hampered by persistent troubles at Transnet, coal exports through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal dropped to about 50-million tonnes in 2022, the worst performance since 1993, when it shipped out 51-million tonnes.
Coal exports processed through the terminal, which exported about 70% of the coal that left SA last year, were down from 59-million tonnes in 2021 and 70-million tonnes in 2020. In 2017 about 76-million tonnes of coal left SA through RBCT...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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