GRANDE CÔTE OPERATIONS
AFRICA brand new trains and brand new roads and a different culture from the point of view of maintaining that rolling stock in Sengeal .”
As a consequence , $ 50 million has been invested into the rail builds and refurbishments with the operation having received a concession from the Government to manage it internally .
Finnis continued : “ The rail development has led to a key risk being eliminated in getting our products to port . The roads here may be a lot better than in other African countries but it is still quite difficult from a traffic and efficiency standpoint . 700,000 tonnes per year heading to port is not feasible via trucks .”
For such a large scale operation , supply chain considerations have played an integral
GCO ’ s locomotives and rolling stock are part of its fully integrated logistics solution from mine to ship
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