The structures and earthworks for State-owned power utility Eskom’s Majuba rail project, in Mpumalanga, are 98% and 96% complete respectively, with 55% of formation ready for track laying, construction and engineering group Aveng Grinaker-LTA said earlier this month. Most of the site has been handed over to business unit Aveng Rail, which is installing the rail, with engineering and construction company Ircon installing the overhead traction equipment lines and signalling. “We expect to complete the project in August . . . ” says Aveng Grinaker-LTA contract director Allan McCormack, adding that “once the rail is commissioned, coal supply to the Majuba and Tutuka power stations will be secured at . . . 21-million tonnes a year.”
