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 transport and coordinating the logistics of junior miners, which contribute to inefficient coal logistics, says LogiMan associate director of technology Lyonell Fliss. He says modern solutions and technologies, and the data to realise improved coal logistics efficiency, especially in new coal basins, already exist in South Africa, but that major coal consumers, State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and the private-sector-owned Richards Bay Export Terminal (RBCT) need to join forces instead of striking individual agreements.
