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Stakeholders invited to comment on Eskom’s ferrochrome NPA application
07 Jan 2026 14:58 GMT
… six‑year NPAs for ten ferrochrome smelters. The NPAs came into … , 2024.
Since late 2024, international ferrochrome prices have collapsed owing to … represents 35% to 40% of ferrochrome production costs, rendering South African …
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Zimbabwe Positions Itself as a Strategic Force in Global Chrome and Ferrochrome Markets
07 Jan 2026 04:27 GMT
… South Africa has historically dominated ferrochrome production in Southern Africa, … incentives aimed at strengthening the ferrochrome industry, particularly around energy — … significant share of chrome and ferrochrome operations. This partnership has …
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Ferrochrome power relief extended
19 Dec 2025 13:17 GMT
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Govt confident lower power tariff deal for ferrochrome smelters is within reach
16 Dec 2025 16:27 GMT
… South Africa’s struggling ferrochrome smelter industry are nearing … total production costs at ferrochrome smelters, making power … interim tariff adjustment for ferrochrome smelters.
Eskom recently signed … . With this, the ferrochrome industry will hopefully be …
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Solidarity says Eskom tariff negotiations with ferrochrome producers a good start
11 Dec 2025 14:04 GMT
… that can keep the ferrochrome industry afloat while benefitting … in the sector.
Various ferrochrome producers have warned throughout … sustainable. With this, the ferrochrome industry will hopefully be … the salvation of the ferrochrome and steel industries.
“ …
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Labour urges for permanent solution to avert mass layoffs after Eskom-ferrochrome deal
10 Dec 2025 05:35 GMT
… agreement between Eskom and major ferrochrome producers Samancor Chrome and the … future of South Africa’s ferrochrome sector.
The memorandum of … also wants South Africa’s ferrochrome to be excluded from … of South Africa’s ferrochrome industry.
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Merafe Resources extends consultation on ferrochrome smelter crisis until 2026
09 Dec 2025 15:54 GMT
… Venture's (JV) ferrochrome smelters from closing, would only … energy solution for the ferrochrome industry, by no later … long term intervention for the ferrochrome sector, which has been … long-term viability of the ferrochrome industry and its operations, …
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Eskom strikes deal with ferrochrome producers to save thousands of jobs
09 Dec 2025 12:18 GMT
… with South Africa’s top ferrochrome producers, Glencore–Merafe and … long-term intervention for the ferrochrome sector, which has been … The country's ferrochrome industry has been shrinking under … labour to stabilise the ferrochrome sector and secure jobs.…
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Eskom finalises MoU with ferrochrome producers to save thousands of jobs
09 Dec 2025 05:14 GMT
… Memorandum of Understanding with ferrochrome producers, which is expected … of jobs in the ferrochrome sector.
The parastatal … shrinking
South Africa’s ferrochrome sector and smelting industry … -term intervention for the ferrochrome sector”, which has been …
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NUMSA demands urgent intervention from govt to save SA’s ferrochrome smelters
09 Dec 2025 04:12 GMT
… to save the country’s ferrochrome smelters.
The industrial plants are …