Mamathwane (B 10)

Name: Mamathwane

Mamathwane, Northern Cape, South Africa.

The closest regional town is Kuruman, on the N14 to Upington.

There are very small settlements in the area surrounding Hotazel with names such as Witloop, Black Rock, Sonstraal, Mamathwane, Sutton, Vlermuisvlakte, Wincanton, Dibeng, Tsineng.

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MSII recently completed the design and construction supervision of a 5 km electrified and signalled private siding for United Manganese of Kalahari near Hotazel in the Northern Cape.

The siding, which connects to the Transnet Freight Rail mainline near Mamathwane Station, was designed for rapid loading of 104 wagon trains, and can accommodate up to three trains on the siding at a time. The siding, in the form of a balloon, minimises train loading time and shunting movements since trains enter the siding, load manganese, undergo wagon examination and depart the siding in the same direction without any uncoupling of wagons being necessary. The permitted turnaround time for the whole operation on the siding is 12 hours, which is made possible by loading the trains with a rapid loadout silo with a loading rate of 2000 tons per hour and capacity of 4000 tons

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