RE:RE:RE:RE:Done deal Merafe – headed by CEO Zanele Matlala – generates income primarily from the Glencore–Merafe Chrome Venture.
In reporting its results for the six months ended June 30, Merafe indicated higher demand prospects for ferrochrome on the likelihood of global stainless steel production growing 2.6% this year and by 3.1% in 2017.
CRU senior ferrochrome consultant Mark Beveridge, who is responsible for CRU’s ferrochrome market outlook, ferrochrome cost service and chrome monitor publications, describes the recovery of the South African chrome industry over the last four months as being “dramatic”.