| Owner |
Plant data |
Capacity |
Products |
Start-up |
| Asa Metals (Pty) Ltd, South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
600,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
under construction e Q2 2009 |
| OAO TNKKazchrome,Kazakhstan |
Steel belt sintering plant |
700,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered chromite pellets |
under construction e 2009 |
| Samancor Chrome Ltd,MiddelburgSouth Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
600,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
underconstruction e Q2 2009 |
| Samancor Chrome Ltd,TubatseSouth Africa |
Upgrade ofsteel beltsintering plant |
620,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
basic engineering |
| Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Ltd,South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
2 x 600,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2007 |
| International Ferro Metals (SA) (Pty) Ltd,South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
400,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2007 |
| Hernic Ferro-chrome (Pty) Ltd, South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
350,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2005 |
| OAO TNK Kazchrome,Kazakhstan |
Steel belt sintering plant |
700,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered chromite pellets |
2005 |
| Samancor Ltd, Ferrometals, South Africa |
Upgrade of steel belt sintering plant |
to 620,000 tpa of pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2003 |
| SA Chromeand Alloys Ltd.,South Africa |
Steel beltsintering plant |
520,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2002 |
| Samancor Ltd.,Tubatse Ferro-chrome,South Africa |
Steel beltsintering plant |
520,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered pellets |
2002 |
| AVMIN,Feralloys,South Africa |
Steel beltsintering plant |
350,000 tpapellets |
Sintered pellets |
2001 |
| CBMM, Brazil |
Ferro-Niobium sintering furnace |
80,000 tpa sinter |
Ferro-niobium sinter |
2000 |
| Hernic Ferro-chrome Ltd, South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
350,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered pellets |
1999 |
| Samancor Ltd, Ferrometals, South Africa |
Steel belt sintering plant |
520,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered pellets |
1998 |
| Outokumpu Oy, Finland |
Steel belt sintering plant |
350,000 tpa pellets |
Sintered pellets |
1989 |