Project Fact sheet
Stream 2 Waterberg
Project Scope
The scope of the project is to construct the infrastructure in stages
as highlighted below:
Stage 2
 Thabazimbi (200 wagons)
 Bleskop – Norite (5km)
 Oonderspoort – Dam (7km)
Stage 3
 Ferrogate,
 Arthersview,
 Paul,
 Phokeng,
 Rooiheuwel,
 Pyramid South
Stage 4
 Lengthen Matlabas loop for 200 wagon trains.
 Lengthen Northam
 Additional loop at Thabazimbi
 Additional loop at Pyramid South
Stage 5
 Lephalale to Thabazimbi electrification
The infrastructure is defined in the following context:
 Perway and Rail infrastructure
 Electrical infrastructure
 Signalling infrastructure
 Structural infrastructure
 Possible property / land acquisition
 Additional Wagons infrastructure
Background
The Waterberg complex is regarded as a strategic growth node for
various activities within the Mining and Industrial sectors. Adequate
rail infrastructure capacity is deemed critical to unlock the potential
of this economic hub which necessitates a review of the required
capacity to support the forecast growth of various commodities, of
which coal potentially is dominant.
The Waterberg region – outlined below – represents an in-situ coal
resource in excess of 75.7 billion tons, and is expected to
experience significant growth in Coal and Mineral production over
the next 20 years.
Transnet has in recent years received numerous requests from
industry for an assessment and subsequent supply of long term rail
network capacity from the Waterberg area to Richards Bay and
Maputo (for export) and to various inland destinations (for the
domestic market).
The Waterberg complex is regarded as a strategic growth node for
various activities within the Mining and Industrial sectors. Adequate
rail infrastructure capacity is deemed critical to unlock the potential
of this region which necessitates a review of the available and
required capacity to support the forecast growth of various
commodities, of which coal potentially is dominant. Demand
scenarios generated from customers and public domain sources
range from 80Mtpa to some 135Mtpa.
Leads from major players including Anglo Coal, Exxaro, Aquila,
ESKOM, Sekoko coal, Resource Generation, Firestone Coal, CIC
Energy and Sasol indicate a long term potential of the order of 110
million tons per annum (Mtpa) on rail but demand is speculative
and realisation will depend on the economics of the day. Demand
scenarios generated from customers and public domain sources
range from a low in the region of 50Mtpa to a high of some
135Mtpa.
Status of Project
FEL 1 investigation was undertaken accordingly and a signed off
report delivered in June 2011. In 2012 October 2013 a final
simulation report was handed over to Transnet.
TCP was appointed to conduct FEL 2 & 3 following the successful
completion of the simulation.
There are two tenders currently on the market (until end March 14)
for Geotech and Survey. We need to develop Business Case for
Stage 2 by end of April 2014.
Benefits of Project
The main benefit of the project will to increase the coal volumes
from Lephalale for domestic and export.
Cost
The project is being estimated to be R 5 billion for
 Perway and Rail infrastructure
 Electrical infrastructure
 Signalling infrastructure
 Structural infrastructure
 Possible property / land acquisition
 Additional Wagons infrastructure
 Project Management
Project
Management
Transnet Capital Projects
EPCM
TCP has been appoint to develop FEL 2 & 3 for the Waterberg
project. We will plan for the FEL 4 / execution of the project during
the FEL 3 development.
Client
The client for this project is TFR
Contractor Phase
There will be three phase project implementation for Waterberg
Stages 2 – 5.
TFR requested that TCP to develop a Business Cases for:
Stage 2,
Stage 3, and
Stage 4&5