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TKR moves to key study

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On track: The Trans-Kalahari Railway is expected to be a regional game-changer

The long-awaited Trans-Kalahari Railway is moving to a feasibility study in January, a keenly awaited development as the $11 billion project has now been opened up from coal to include iron ore, copper, and fuel.

In the years since the signing of the bilateral agreement between Botswana and Namibia in 2014, seaborne coal prices have sharply declined as the world has moved towards cleaner energy sources.

A feasibility study has never been done for the TKR and while one was planned in 2016, only a market study was produced focusing on the project economics of running coal on the 1,500-kilometre line.

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