{"id":16883,"date":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=16883"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:24:59","slug":"transnet-seeks-private-partner-for-r44bn-manganese-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=16883","title":{"rendered":"Transnet seeks private partner for R44bn manganese corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s state-owned ports and rail operator is looking for a private partner to expand and operate a key manganese corridor that will cost as much as R44 billion ($2.7 billion) to roll out.<\/p>\n<p>Transnet issued a request for qualifications for the Ngqura manganese export corridor that runs from mines in the Northern Cape province to ports in the Eastern Cape on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Port deal paves the way for R11.1bn investment, but reform risks stalling<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>The harbours at Port Elizabeth and Ngqura \u2014 two of several where the steel making ingredient leaves South Africa \u2014 have become \u201cfragmented and inefficient, \u201d resulting in significant road haulage, increased logistics costs and growing environmental and social impacts.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade will form part of the logistics giant\u2019s private sector participation program \u201cthrough which the company seeks to attract investment and leverage private-sector expertise to strengthen infrastructure performance,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Durban and Coega among the world\u2019s most improved ports<\/p>\n<p>The southern African country has some of the world\u2019s largest reserves of the mineral, used in steel production and battery manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Transnet seals Port of Ngqura LNG deal<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for applications is February 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>                        #Transnet #seeks #private #partner #R44bn #manganese #corridor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s state-owned ports and rail operator is looking for a private partner to expand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[8926,4420,1123,1853,21921,1805,8293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}