JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Operations at the Lion ferrochrome smelter and Eastern Chrome mines of the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture have recommenced, but the Boshoek, Rustenburg, Wonderkop, ...

Merafe Resources (Merafe) disclosed externally that its ferrochrome smelter, Lion, with an annual capacity of 720,000 mt, had been closed as of May 31, 2025. The planned closure period exceeds three ...

The Lion ferrochrome smelter, owned and operated by the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome processes to produce the equivalent volume of ...

STEELPOORT – Productivity has been stalled at Glencore Xstrata Lion Ferrochrome Smelter since Monday. The smelter’s gates have been locked by the local business owners. They have assembled on ...

Swiss company Xstrata had approved development of the second phase of its Lion ferrochrome smelter expansion in South Africa, it said yesterday. The development would entail a total capital ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Operations at the Lion ferrochrome smelter and Eastern Chrome mines of the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture have recommenced, but the Boshoek, Rustenburg ...

Lion II, which was commissioned in May, doubled the 360 000 t capacity of Lion I to give the Lion smelter a combined capacity of 720 000 t/y of ferrochrome. Lion II was built at a capital cost of ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Operations at the Lion ferrochrome smelter and Eastern Chrome mines of the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture have recommenced, but the Boshoek, Rustenburg ...