Monday, July 16, 2007

Richards Bay Says Derailment Cancels the Delivery of 150,000 Tons of Coal

(Bloomberg) -- Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the
worlds biggest export terminal for the fuel, said a derailment on
a line to the port led to the cancelation of 15 trains, carrying
about 150,000 metric tons of coal.

The incident occurred yesterday at Ilangakazi in KwaZulu
Natal, a province of South Africa, a spokesman for the port said
in an interview from Johannesburg. The line has since been
reopened, the spokesman said.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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