PKP Cargo, currently in restructuring, has signed agreements with PGE GiEK to move 1.715m tonnes of coal, limestone and limestone powder to three power plant locations.
The Austrian building materials producer receives blast furnace slag in Mobiler containers by rail from Linz to Hallein, followed by road delivery to Gartenau.
The agreements increase the number of active operators on the South African rail network from one to 12 and are expected to add 24 million tonnes of annual freight capacity.