Eskom’s Majuba rail project completion date has been pushed out by 18 months, according to news reports.
According to a Mining Weekly.com report, citing Majuba rail project communications and stakeholder management head, Khululiwe Xulu, the state-owned power utility has revised the project’s completion date to December 2017. The project was initially scheduled for completion in May 2016.
According to information on the Eskom website, construction of the 68km-long railway line started in 2013 as part of Eskom’s strategy to move the transportation of coal from road to rail.
