Operations on the rail line linking South Africa’s iron-ore hub in the Northern Cape province to the country’s west coast ground to a halt because of power cable theft.
Operations on the rail line linking South Africa’s iron-ore hub in the Northern Cape province to the country’s west coast ground to a halt because of power cable theft. The 86 km line that’s used to haul iron-ore and manganese from Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.’s giant Sishen mine and other operations in the province to the port of Saldanha stopped operating after the theft of 11 spans of wire caused a power failure on Tuesday, Transnet, the State-owned entity that operates the line, said in a statement.