With Transnet’s export coal and iron-ore volume performance having reached multidecade lows in recent years and mining companies not weathering low commodity cycles sufficiently, the focus of this year’s South African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) Conference is on reforms having been made to improve logistics efficiency in the country. South Africa lost out on a combined R140-billion in export revenue from coal and iron-ore in 2021, 2022 and 2023 owing to lower export volumes as a result of rail inefficiencies. The losses would have been more had it not been for increased trucking in the coal sector.
