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The Announcer 02/02/2012 Tender for New Signs Nears Closing Date Written by Sandy "Further good news was handed out at a recent conference in which Sandile Booi of the Department of Roads and Transport gave a presentation on the planned upgrading of road surfaces throughout the Eastern Cape. Some of the key projects identified for road renewal were Alicedale, Luchaba Nature Reserve, Willowvale – Dweza, Katberg, R72 at Hamburg, Centani – Mazeppa Bay, Elitheni – Indwe, Peddie – Birah, Lusikisiki urban renewal, Port St. Johns CBD streets, Kei Mouth – Centane." http://www.theannouncer.co.za/2012/02/20/tender-signs-nears-closing-date/

And about time......"Malema expelled from ANC"......:-) http://news.iafrica.com/sa/781646.html

My Gawd......Transnet has approved the "Draft Scoping Report"......Everything is in there including the transport!!!!......Many pages to look through...:-) http://www.wspenvironmental.com/media/docs/ourlocations/africa/100501D_Coal_Storage_East_London_Draft_Scoping_Report_2012-02-28.pdf

Hmmmm....Will we still have a look into supporting their utility island with our coal?????? PetroSA in talks with Chinese over refinery LINDA ENSOR Published:2012/02/15 08:37:09 AM http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=164964

Expected more but did recognise the following that could affect us: "Also prioritized by Transnet is the Ngqura-Gauteng rail corridor which will go a long way in integrating the Eastern Cape in the national economy." "We welcome the President’s firm leadership in championing economic catalytic projects including PetroSA’s Project Mthombo whose announcement is imminent." "Transnet has committed to upgrading the East London Harbour, having committed R2.3 billion over the next five years." "Working together with the national Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, we have recently launched the sugar-beet bio-fuel hub in Cradock. The projected investment is R2 billion and will create an estimated 13 000 jobs in farming, harvesting, processing and transport. Honourable" http://www.ecprov.gov.za/modules/documents/download_doc.php?id=761

Should be on here tomorrow....... http://ecprov.ndstream.net/

In keeping with government’s commitment to facilitate public participation in all its activities, the public in all Districts will be able to watch the SOPA in Big Screens. A live radio transmission of the speech will be carried on Umhlobo Wenene FM, Tru-FM, and Community Radio Stations. DSTV Channel 408 will also broadcast the speech live from 09h00. The Live video streaming of the SOPA will be available on the following social networks: Facebook, Flickr, and later on You Tube:http://ecprov.ndstream.net/

OK......I'll be working Fri. and need everyone to look for the East Cape State of the Province Address by Eastern Cape Premier Ms Noxolo Kiviet on Friday, February 17, 2012. She should start 11:00hrs their time (We are 2 hrs behind them). I believe/hope it will be very eye opening!!!....Have your wallets/purses handy...... "where a media lock up will be held from 06h45."....Oooooh exciting!!!! http://tinyurl.com/7log4so For those who didn't know, Ms Kiviet was at our Port Elizabeth office last year......Adobe Page 51, Photograph 2. http://www.snrplc.co.uk/admin/resources/final-report-accounts-2011.pdf Here are a few sites where the speech may also be found: http://www.ectransport.gov.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1 http://www.ecprov.gov.za/ http://www.google.co.za/ http://www.fin24.com/ Will be looking forward to getting home and seeing what she has to say.......

look railroad lines in Coega already....Just needs a few more meters and beefing up...... It should be the Parastatals that you worry about and Not Zuma because he is already old and the Parastatals are here to stay. It's purely your decision on what level you want to invest .......I know where I stand but that's my choice..... Have a play with map....I used Google Earth to trace the lines ..... http://g.co/maps/bdv5v

yes and it already has ....just not as fast as most of us would like....hopefully will be corrected very "soon"...:-)

Prepared speech by Malusi Gigaba MP, Minister of Public Enterprises, on the occasion of the State of the Nation Debate in the National Assembly, February 14 2012 "Further to this, Transnet will create additional container handling capacity, pmeet the demand. R12bn will be invested to expand the Richards Bay Terminal and a coal terminal will be constructed in the East London Harbour to support coal mining in the Eastern Cape." http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=280123&sn=Detail&pid=71616

good all round post pdog .......:-)

Nice bit of educational trivia...... http://www.bulk-solids-handling.com/conveying_transportation/river_transport_sea_transport/articles/258631/

Heck.......another round already...... "Submit your Job Stimulus Fund Applications by 16 March 2012" http://www.ecdc.co.za/

TFR targets 40% market share gains February 13 2012 at 05:00am Londiwe Buthelezi "He said the division was on the verge of finalising a national rail plan, informed by customer aspirations and designed to respond to the future needs of the economy." "There were rail replacement programmes planned as well, to sustain export capacity." "The country had about 3 000km of disused railway lines, Gama said, and some of the used lines were underutilised." "As part of its plan to jack up the manganese export channel through the port of Ngqura near Port Elizabeth, TFR envisioned increasing manganese export capacity to 22 million tons by 2025 from 5.5 million tons, Gama said." “We want the port of Ngqura to become the regional pivotal port. As a deep water and industrial port, it needs a heavy haul capability to link it with the inland.” http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/tfr-targets-40-market-share-gains-1.1232396

Let me rephrase that Adjshares.....the Molteno is the formation and covers the Molteno/Indwe Elitheni mines....:-)

The lines are already there . And they will be beefing up the line on the west side of phase 5 for the kalagari mines to their magnesium smelter in Coega.There will also be a second unnamed Chinese smelter at Coega as well. Mthombo Project "The primary fuel will be PET coke, a byproduct of the refinery operations, but the addition of coal from Molteno could roughly double the amount of power that could be generated from 800MW to 1200MW." Molteno is us Phase 5 , if the project is allowed to go forward with the same terms.....:-)

Please keep in mind IRP2010 came in after this . So who knows where it stands now....

Like everything else in SA the approval of the refinery Project Mthombo is very slow.........What does this have to do with Elitheni????? Government wants Coega refinery operating by end of 2019 http://www.getnews.co.za/story?id=901 From PetroSA web site: "The refinery will generate it's own electricity using petroleum coke (petcoke), a by-product from the refinery process, as energy source." http://www.petrosa.co.za/page.aspx?pageId=4f474116-fa68-4e5c-850b-1e1120a3aa50 From the DEDEA created 12/10/10 "The project will therefore unlock the regional growth potential and strengthen forward and backward synergies between the various sectors of the regional economy most notably the auto and petrochemical industries. The one project element which is differentiated from all the others is the Power Station; Power Stations are not PetroSA’s core business. Accordingly, PetroSA is proposing that a SPV is set up for this project element and the CDC and/or the NMBM could be a partner. The primary fuel will be PET coke, a byproduct of the refinery operations, but the addition of coal from Molteno could roughly double the amount of power that could be generated from 800MW to 1200MW. This needs access to the main rail line and rolling stock from TFR. PetroSA only require about 150MW of power and the rest will be directed to municipality and ultimately to the public." http://www.dedea.gov.za/Media%20Releases/DEDEA%20Strategic%20Projects%20%20121010.pdf Is it still in the pipeline???

Not Pdog but whomever was brave enough to post that good comment