South Africa’s chromite industry is at a crossroads as talks between the industry and government aim to thrash out a strategy to safeguard the country’s chromite mining and ferrochrome industries.
This could lead to a decision to place South Africa’s focus on either chromite ore production or ferrochrome production, and which may have implications for supply availability or resource development for non-metallurgical chromite grades.
During IM’s Chromite 2011 Conference in Johannesburg, several speakers underlined the significance of the...