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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Wendell Roelf

Namibia plans railway revamp to boost regional coal exports

FILE PHOTO: Anthracite coal at a strip mine in New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo

Namibia's state-owned railway company TransNamib plans to shift coal exports from Botswana off the road and onto rail by early next year, potentially doubling exports via Walvis Bay port, its CEO said.

Land-locked Botswana has sought alternative routes to export its coal as disruption to South Africa's railway lines impact the commodity's route to Richards Bay port, the largest coal terminal in Africa.

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