Samancor products

Chrome ore.
Ferrochrome.
Built for steel.

Samancor Chrome mines, processes and supplies chrome-bearing material from South Africa to stainless-steel and specialist steel producers.

Samancor Chrome ferrochrome production facilityProduct system / South Africa
From the Bushveld

A connected route from ore to alloy.

Chrome ore is mined along the eastern and western rims of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, then prepared into grades for Samancor's alloy plants and other market channels.

Ferrochrome is an iron-chromium alloy that gives stainless steel its appearance and resistance to corrosion.

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Product families

Material with a job to do.

Each product family connects the mineral resource to a specific industrial use.

01Mined products

Chrome ore

Metallurgical, chemical, foundry and refractory grades are prepared through the beneficiation process.

02Chrome alloys

Charge chrome

An iron-chromium alloy used as a key input in stainless-steel and special-steel production.

03Chrome alloys

Specialty ferrochrome

Intermediate- and low-carbon ferrochrome serve specialist applications across the steel industry.

Product journey

Prepared with
precision.

Beneficiation, smelting and final screening turn chrome-bearing ore into material ready for customer specifications.

01

Prepare

Run-of-mine ore is crushed, sized and separated into fractions and concentrate grades.

02

Reduce

Electric furnaces reduce the chrome and iron oxides to form ferrochrome alloy.

03

Screen

Product is crushed, screened and stored to meet the required customer specification.

04

Supply

Material moves into local and export channels serving stainless-steel producers worldwide.

Sales information

Talk to the
right team.

For product, pricing and ordering enquiries, contact Samancor Chrome's sales and product marketing team.

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