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DTI mulls claiming R300m back for lines to smelter  Comments
November 25, 2009


The Department of Trade and Industry is puzzling over what to do about the R300 million worth of cash invested in power lines running to the Coega aluminium smelter which is now cancelled.

Giving a written reply on Wednesday to a Parliamentary question asked by Cecelia Kotsi from the Congress of the People, the minister, Rob Davies, said that his department is in the process of conducting an assessment in order to determine whether or not to claim back these funds from Eskom.


Alternatively they might redirect them to the supply of electricity for other planned projects at the Coega IDZ.

He mentioned in his reply that the lines were originally built, not simply for the smelter, but for other customers too. - I-Net Bridge
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10 Weeks ago Anonymous wrote :
If manangers make mistakes and dont pay for it South Africans will suffer more people need to be hold countable for their doings as they serve the comunity and making decesions in any DPMT.set up an exaple eskom manangers must pay to South Africans
10 Weeks ago Paul wrote :
They will not go to waste. There are plans affot to build aperto chem refinery there, so they will be used. Given time.
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