Millions of tonnes of manganese move by road that rail could carry cheaper. So why don't they?
“You move manganese — or finance the corridor that does: is the road-to-rail shift bankable, and on which alignment?”
Millions of tonnes of manganese sit on road that rail could carry cheaper. The value is stranded by infrastructure friction — slots, rolling stock, tariff design — not absent demand.
Two rail options on very different distances and conditions.
Road wins today on reliability and turnaround, not on cost-per-tonne-km.
Third-party access rules, slot allocation and tariff design decide the shift.
Calls back Week 2 — one of the bulk-mining corridors inside that freight task, seen up close.
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