British Steel has announced that it has signed a major export deal with the Guinea Bauxite Company (Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, CBG) to supply steel railway sleepers to West Africa. The steel mill will supply 20,000 mt of its 436 profile steel sleepers over the next year to Guinea to be used to upgrade the railway line at a bauxite mine in the mineral-rich country.
“Our steel sleepers provide the perfect technical solution to the challenges facing rail operators in this region and we’re proud to have been chosen to support such a major project,” said British Steel’s export sales manager, rail, Jérôme Bonef.
Steel sleepers are stronger and more durable than wooden sleepers, which have been traditionally used in African regions, and are also 100 percent recyclable.
