Merafe: SA ferrochrome industry faces continuing economic pressures
Merafe in its previous announcements published on 3 February 2025, 25 April 2025 and 13 June 2025 regarding, inter alia,
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ferrochrome smelter
Smelting operations at the Lion smelter temporarily suspended
SANDTON – Merafe Resources refers to the announcements published on SENS on 3 February 2025 and 25 April 2025 regarding
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Merafe updates on closing its ferrochrome smelting operations
Sandton – Merafe refers to the announcement published on 3 February 2025 regarding the business review process initiated by the
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Merafe updates on its ferrochrome smelting operations
Merafe advised that the Company has, through its chrome Pooling and Sharing Venture with Glencore Operations South Africa Proprietary Limited
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Merafe achieves R720m profit due higher chrome ore prices
Sandton – Merafe achieved a profit of R720 million for the six months ended 30 June 2024, as a result
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Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production decreases 17%
Sandton – Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture (“Venture”) for the six months ended 30 June
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Merafe announces rise in ferrochrome price for Q2-2022
SANDTON – Merafe Resources has advised that the European benchmark ferrochrome price for the second quarter of 2022 has been
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Merafe ferrochrome production increases by 42.7% YoY
Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture in the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2021
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Zimasco to build new ferrochrome furnaces at its Kwekwe complex
On 19 September 2021, Zimasco, (owned by China’s Sinosteel Corp.) announced that it will invest US$35Million in new ferrochrome furnaces at
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Merafe’s strong and ungeared to withstand challenging times ahead
The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilised the global health systems and disrupted economies. This pandemic coupled with an already fragile operating
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China to close small ferrochrome furnaces
Roskill has reported that under the guidance of China’s 14th five-year plan (2021-2025), officials have started to impose several measures
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Export tax may have destructive impact on SA chrome industry
An independent chrome ore producer group, made up of both primary and by-product chromium miners in South Africa, Chrome SA,
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SA to impose tax on chrome export to stimulate FeCr production
The Minerals Council notes fundamental competitiveness issue for ferroalloy producers, globally competitive electricity pricing, has not been addressed. The Minerals
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Merafe: All FeCr smelters, except for Lydenburg, are operating
In its production report for the nine months ended 30 September 2020, Merafe Resources say its attributable ferrochrome production from
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