South African company Portnex International has signed a five-year deal with Zimasco, and thanks to that agreement three chrome smelting furnaces which were shut down early this year will be reopened.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tharisa, one of the largest chrome ore producers in South Africa, increased its chrome ore output by 3.4% year-over-year in 2015 to 1.122 million tonnes, compared to 1.085 million tonnes in 2014, making a third year exceeding 1 million tonnes...

ESKOM has confirmed the sale of electricity to Zimbabwe but denied that the power supply agreement with its Zimbabwean counterpart, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), is secret.

Ferro-chrome producer International Ferro Metals (IFM) subsidiaries have started legal proceedings against Anglo American Platinum subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines (RPM), which has terminated a chrome ore supply agreement.

Early this week, Zimasco lifted a trading ban on chrome ore producers on its claims paving way for the miners to sell the mineral to a buyer of their choice.

ZIMASCO, a unit of China’s Sinosteel Corporation has completely stopped operations at its ferrochrome refinery in Kwekwe after switching off furnace number five and six.

Rohit Ferro-Tech (RFTL) on Monday announced the company has extended the validity of Business Transfer Agreement (BTA) with Balasore Alloys for sale of its Jajpur manufacturing unit, upto Mar. 31, 2016.

The government has hailed the signing of the ferrochrome deal between the Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (Zimasco) and Portnex International of South Africa. Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa witnessed the two companies signing a $12...