Propsed Grindrod Navitrade Expansion by 25ha of Portion 94 Erf 5333

Existing Grindrod Navitrade site is within Portion 95 ERF 5333 and has an extent area of 11.6ha. The proposed expansion will be 25ha and will fall within portion 94 of Erf 5333.

The Proposed Expansion of Grindrod Navitrade will entail the following:
-Construction of coal storage facility with a capacity design on the assumption that up to 4 grades of coal will be stored with 400,000t maximum stockholding. Coal will be dispatched on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis. The operational optimal of 300 000t per month has been estimated. For the Inbound (Receipts) of 10 000 Tons per day, and Outbound (Vessel loading) of 15 000 Tons per day. For coal inbound 4 x Trains per day each 2 500 tons will be involved using existing Navitrade railway.
-Stockyard stockpiles of 30m high x 450m long with automated stacking and reclamation with front-end loaders (FELs) into hoppers and onto reclaim conveyors.
-The construction of a pollution control dam (PCD) with a 31,000m³ total storage capacity.
-Construction of a 2% crossfall (V-Drain stormwater drainage) across the stockyard to allow for settlement and stormwater runoff into the PCD. Dirty runoff from the existing stockyard is directed into an existing PCD on the southern portion of the Navitrade site, with a 1,350m³ storage capacity. This facility will contribute to the total storage requirement of the system. In order to allow this PCD to overspill into the future PCD-South, the perimeter needs to be raised and a concrete spillway constructed to route overflows into the larger downstream PCD.
-Installing fixed material handling equipment to increase efficiency and reduce yellow plant reliance, thereby achieving both lower operating cost and safer operations;
-Installing a fixed dust suppression system which recycles contaminated PCD water. A fixed sprinkler system using a pressurised reticulation system to spray points.
-Relocation of existing access road alignment within the facility, and construct 6m width access road around stockpile footprint.
-Removing an existing asbestos pipeline owned by South32 and replacing it with a relocated HDPE pipe. Also relocating/removing a second out-of-service underground pipeline. Both pipes clash with the squared-off future stockyard.
-The facility will continue using the existing materials handling conveyors from the tippler to the ground stacks at the stockyard.
-Modification of railway within the facility to cater for handling of 4Mtpa coal throughput, which will result into 4 x 50-wagon trains to be tipped per day.

The Grindrod Navitrade site expansion will meet the following objectives:
-Modify the rail yard to handle a higher frequency of trains and decrease dependence on Transnet’s train schedule.
-‘Squaring off’ the stockyard and increasing its footprint to store up to 400,000t of coal in a single central stockpile, at the time (based on an assumption of four future grades) calculated as 10% of the intended yearly throughput.
- Providing adequate water handling and run-off drains linked to an increased PCD.
- The operation for expansion will be linked to existing terminal systems, loading area and tipper areas. Grindrod intend to modify the rail yard to handle a higher frequency of trains and decrease dependence on Transnet’s train schedule.