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WOW.....Looks like SNRP was withdrawn from the PLUS Market a month ago .... http://www.plus-sx.com/companies/plusCompanyDetail.html?securityId=100759

patience with this article and all will be...... http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/node/4581

This PDF was created yesterday and posted on the DEDEA site....Though about autos there are some interesting points.......The East London to Gauteng by rail would take them through Sterkstroom which is rated 22t axle line...... "“Logistics was singled out as the key competitive disadvantage of the Eastern Cape and South African automotive sector in general." "In addition, Jonas said, “key connectivity” needed to be enhanced in three critical corridors – Port Elizabeth-Gauteng; East London-Gauteng and East London and Port Elizabeth. In addition, internal connectivity between Uitenhage and the Port of Ngqura was another “critical area” as was the expansion of the Port of East London." http://tinyurl.com/6wcpyl3 http://www.dedea.gov.za/Pages/Default.aspx

Hmmmm....have we heard this before?.....so get on with it!!!!! http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=162365

Of course Werksmans is tha SA attorneys for SNR.... http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=162001

http://www.channel4.com/news/is-the-future-of-british-coal-burning-it-underground

One has to ask ......do you replace the 65 miles of 16ton axle track (Indwe-Sterkstroom)so you can transport more weight and not use containers, keeping in mind you are still connecting to a 22ton axle main line or do you wait ,save your money and and build one in the phase 5 area that could intersect with the soon to be upgraded line (32ton axle) that will take it into Coega (Nquara) where they can load it onto Panamax ships ? Cradock Biofuel will sit close to the soon to be rebuilt line that will feed the manganese smelter at Coega.

The Eastern Cape Department of Roads and Transport "Kei Rail is seen by ECDORT as the first of several schemes to revive disused lines." So could/will ECDORT take over the Sterkstroom-Maclear branch line under similar conditions as the Kei Rail Project ?

Is this where we're heading .....ECDORT leasing a line from Transnet ?.......I see Sheltham and Grindrod are in there as well..... By the way .....Kei rail is up and running now.... Publication Title : Jane's World Railways Publication date: Sep 07, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/co77rml

18 Aug 2011 ......Could one of these have changed? "Introduction of private operators in branch lines: three pilot branch lines have been identified (Belmont-Douglas, Nkwalini-Empangeni and Bethlehem-Kroonstad). The process to have three operators by the end of 2011/12 is on track." http://tinyurl.com/brf996r So many things pointing to a positive outcome for us by rail ......

http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Web-gambling-gets-boost-from-Obama-20111226

So we shouldn't have to pay to repair anything on the line ....Don't know anything about a spur...... Have signed a MOU with a private company to run ours and supply stock ( The concessionaire ?)... We won't be running anything big on the line for now because it can't take it but we have a way around it ..... No one has to pay to upgrade the rail line at this time ..... The concession costs Transnet Freight nothing.... They don't have to supply anything ie stock etc or pay for repairs etc....... And Transnet Port Terminal has to splash out for a crane and dock space for containers and their pollution problems are resolved because the containers come with lids ...... No wonder they "LIKE US!" Makes for good relations in the future when we think about Phase 5 and Coega.... A lot of cost savings all around so all parties can be profitable and most importantly be successful ....

.1 Branch Line Concession Agreement – key principles 3.1.1 Transnet will retain ownership of the Branch Lines assets and grant to the Concessionaire a right of use for a long-term period. The term will be determined by Transnet and will depend upon the business case for the concession in question. 3.1.2 Each Concessionaire will be required to make the necessary capital investments in the Branch Lines and maintain such assets to an agreed operating standard throughout the concession period. Concessionaires will be required to provide railway services, comprising freight transportation or passenger transportation services, or a combination thereof, on specified Branch Lines for an agreed period. 3.1.3 Each Concessionaire will be expected to assume at its own cost the risk relating to the design, condition of the Branch Line assets and infrastructure, functioning and operation of the Branch Lines (including the risk of integration with the Core Network) 3.1.4 Each Concessionaire will be expected to provide rail services to a range of customers on a common user basis and may not convert the concession to an exclusive use arrangement. substp - 20 Dec'11 - 14:13 - 4581 of 4583 edit 3.1.5 Transnet will not require concession fees to be paid by Concessionaires for the right to operate a Branch Line or Branch Line Cluster.

Look who applied for a concession ...... 25 Thuhlo Facilitation Email stephen.nel@elitheni.co.za Phone 041 374 0842 Fax 041 374 0856 Physical Address 130 Cape Road Mill Park Port Elizabeth 6001 http://www.transnet.net/BranchLines/InterestedParties.aspx

Does all of this fit ??? 16/9/11 A rail network could help the province\'s economy, say proponents of the return to rail and CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Lucky Montana, has commissioned an investigation to see how much it will cost to revive the Queenstown - Maclear line. This line would be important to the Eastern Cape, as it could be used by PG Bison plantations as well as the coal mine near Lady Frere. http://www.traveladdo.co.za/news-article/596/Plans-to-revitalise-railways-on-track 25/10/11 PRASA Regional Manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz announced plans to revive the railway line between Sterkstroom and Maclear. http://tinyurl.com/crhez8g 28/11/11 SNR has signed an MOU with a private rail company with South African and international expertise, to provide rail operating services and the rolling stock necessary to commence and ramp up rail operations to the ports of both East London and Coega. http://uk.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=50197397&symbol=SNRP 02/12/11 The first three branch lines to be concessioned by Transnet will be announced this month, Transnet Freight Rail CEO Siyabonga Gama said this morning. http://www.dedea.gov.za/News/Pages/Firstbranchlineconcessions.aspx Maclear a14 http://www.transnet.net/BranchLines/Glossary.aspx 05/12/11 Transnet will soon announce a new capital expenditure plan to expand the country's overcrowded rail networks, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Monday. "Transnet shall soon announce a new capital expenditure plan and a revised capex timeline," the minister said. "This will help, for example, to implement critical projects such as the road-to-rail migration, develop the Waterberg rail link and the rail link between Swaziland and South Africa, which will ease the rail congestion in Ermelo and facilitate more coal transportation to Richards Bay." http://business.iafrica.com/news/767428.html

Litigation: Villagers bid to stop coal mine fails The bid by the Guba/Machubeni Development Trust to halt a coal mine near Elliot in the Eastern Cape has failed, says a Daily Dispatch report. It says the trust had called on the SA Human Rights Commission and the Public Protector to stop Elitheni Coal, saying it was illegally mining their land in Lady Frere while residents lived in poverty. But according to documents, the complaint was dismissed by the commission and office of the Public Protector. The HRC’s then-provincial commissioner, Advocate Solomon Moreroa, said in the findings: ‘After thorough analysis of the report received from the LRC, the commission regrets to inform you there is nothing much they can do in this matter. We are now closing our file.’ The Public Protector had investigated the allegations and found that the regional manager of the Department of Mineral Resources was in full compliance with the requirements of the applicable legal framework when it processed the mining permit application from Elitheni Coal. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said the allegations were neither legally defensible nor factually supportable. http://www.wylie.co.za/LatestNews.aspx?newsID=321&DocType=PressRelease http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20111116091414936

This pretty much sums it up .......:-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15690024

Now do they get the message !!!!! Not sure the Peacocks are capable of it .... http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Moodys-changes-SA-outlook-to-negative-20111109

Jeremy Metcalfe presents SNR achievement award 2011 to Paul Rutherford http://www.snrplc.co.uk/admin/resources/snr-achievement-award-w150h150.jpg http://www.snrplc.co.uk/gallery/

From this years final report .... "The port of East London has been extremely supportive and is committed to a start date of June 2012, so much so that, at their own expense, they commenced the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in November of 2010 for the new coal terminal at the port. The EIA process, which allows for certain elements of construction to commence in advance of its conclusion, is expected to be concluded by November 2011." http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=47896520&symbol=SNRP It's going to be a liitle behind ........It is SA.... :-))