Transnet will spend R753m on railways in the Eastern Cape over the next five years.

The R21-billion Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter, which was scheduled to break ground at Coega in the second half of this year, could be delayed by as much as four years due to the area‘s current power shortages.

National oil company PetroSA is planning a new crude oil refinery at Coega, near Port Elizabeth

Boom Town Advertising last week signed a multi-million rand Coega communications contract

Rail utility Spoornet would spend an extra R1,6bn in the next four years to build new railway lines linking Coega and Lephalale (Waterberg) coal mines to its national rail network

Alcan and the government have agreed that only 5,5% of the 720000 tons of aluminium to be produced by Alcan’s planned R21bn smelter at Coega in Eastern Cape will be earmarked for use in the domestic market

A 524ha prime freehold site in the heart of the Coega Industrial Development Zone near Port Elizabeth is being marketed by Pam Golding Commercial (PGC) for R40 million

In Reference To The Press Release Sent To The Media On Behalf Of Pam Golding Properties About A "Prime Coega Site Available For Purchase" - These Are The Facts:

Port expansion plan for East London is getting the support of Eastern Cape politicians

A Singapore company would invest nearly R6bn in a chlorine manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, the Coega Development Corporation said yesterday.