A Transnet SOC freight train stands idle with wagons loaded with coal in a rural area on October 2, 2023, south of Leeu Gamka, South Africa. The state-owned company saw volumes decline from a peak of over 200-million tons a year in 2019 to an expected 143 million in 2023. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
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