Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province. Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province.
Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Exxaro is exploring new technologies<br />
at Lephalale, working on<br />
the possibilities of Underground<br />
Coal Gasification (UCG).<br />
Sibanye Gold has acquired<br />
a 51% stake in Waterberg Coal,<br />
further evidence that it intends<br />
looking after its own power<br />
supply, at least to some extent.<br />
Coal of Africa is active in<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>. Its subsidiary, <strong>Limpopo</strong><br />
Coal, mines the Vele colliery in the<br />
far north of the province.<br />
Other minerals<br />
The Phalaborwa phosphate mine<br />
of Foskor has an annual capacity<br />
of 2.85-million tons. It uses<br />
the phosphate rock it mines to<br />
manufacture phosphate fertiliser<br />
and phosphoric acid.<br />
The largest concentrations<br />
of chromite are found on the<br />
eastern limb of the Bushveld<br />
Igneous Complex where<br />
Samancor runs Eastern Chrome<br />
Mines at Steelport (with three<br />
concentrators) and ASA Metals’<br />
upscaled smelting furnaces now<br />
produce 400 000 tons of charge<br />
chrome per year at the Dilokong<br />
Chrome Mine, located between<br />
Burgersfort and Polokwane.<br />
South Africa produces 39% of the<br />
world’s chromite.<br />
Andalusite, a vital component<br />
in spark-plug ceramics, is<br />
mined near Thabazimbi and at<br />
Maroelasfontein in the west of<br />
the province. The Consolidated<br />
Murchison Mine (ConMurch)<br />
at Gravelotte, just west of<br />
Phalaborwa, is the single biggest<br />
producer of antimony in the<br />
world outside China, producing<br />
about 20% of the world’s supply. Attapulgite is mined by G&W Base<br />
and Industrial Minerals at Dwaalboom. Sephaku Holdings is optimistic<br />
about tin, copper, fluorspar mineralisation at its site west<br />
of Mokopane.<br />
Investors in a new cement factory in Thabazimbi include the Jidong<br />
Development Group, the China African Development Fund and the<br />
South African Women Investment Holdings Portfolio. An amount<br />
of R1.6-billion was invested, creating 550 temporary jobs and 231<br />
full-time jobs.<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Chamber of Mines of South Africa: www.bullion.org.za<br />
Geological Society of South Africa: www.gssa.org.za<br />
Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA): www.mqa.org.za<br />
National Department of Mineral Resources: www.dmr.gov.za<br />
South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy:<br />
www.saimm.co.za<br />
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