Freight logistics group Transnet has missed its half-year coal export target by 2.3-million tons, the State-owned company reported on Wednesday, citing locomotive failures, community unrest, as well as customer and export terminal constraints.
The export coal line, which connects mines in Mpumalanga with the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), in KwaZulu-Natal, transported 35.7-million tons in the first half of the 2019 financial year, down 5.6% on the prior-year period.