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Coal terminal expansion delayed to Q4

Reuters | Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:18
[miningmx.com] -- South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) said on Monday the completion of a project to expand the export facility had been delayed to the fourth quarter of this year from a July 1 target.

RBCT Chief Operations Officer, Raymond Chirwa, said in a statement contractors on the R1.2bn ($148.5m) project will consider working double shifts to ensure the project was ready for commissioning by the fourth quarter of 2009.

Chirwa said a risk assessment had shown that the project would be delayed, but he did not give specific reasons.

The expansion would increase RBCT's name plate capacity from 72 million tonnes a year to 91 million tonnes a year.




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