Botswana-Namibia coal rail link work to start 2012

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Construction of a railway line connecting Botswana's Mmamabula coal field with the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, pegged at up to $9 billion, is expected to start in 18 months' time, a government official said on Friday.

Robert Kalomo, Namibia's Director of Railway Affairs in the Ministry of Works said construction of the TransKalahari Railway would take five years, with costs expected to range between $5-9 billion.

Most southern African countries are heavily investing in rail line expansions to transport more export coal to ports to meet growing global demand, especially from Asia.

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