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MPUMALANGA PROVINCE

interesting Impact Roller concept has resolved much of ◊ Below: The Highveld
the challenges and nowadays the concrete pavements ◊ Bottom: Columbus Stainless
are providing smooth riding surfaces for the heavy traf-
fic in the corridor.

2. Columbus Stainless situated in Middelburg,
Mpumalanga is South Africa’s and Africa’s only producer
of stainless steel flat products. Columbus is a modern,
efficient stainless steel production facility with a pro-
duction capacity of one million tons. The range of stain-
less steel products is consumed by various industries
including civil engineering where the unique corrosion
resistance and life cycle properties of stainless steel are
critical.

26°09’05.72” S, 29°43’17.47” E

3. Gas pipelines from Mozambique now feed
about 120 million GJ of natural gas across a distance
of 900 km all the way to Secunda. Very little is to be

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