Investments with a vision into the future

Glencore Ferroalloys is investing in Limpopo and South Africa.

that affords various companies the opportunity to utilise this infrastructure to conduct their business in an area where comparable developments are scarce.

The aim of the establishment of the Mining Supply Park is to ensure that local companies that have access to the Mining Supplier Park can partner with local entrepreneurs or established larger corporations, to foster local economic activity in the area through sharing knowledge, skills and experience. To do so allows not only access to procurement and related opportunities at our adjacent operations, but also to those of other mining companies and industrial operations in the wider area. We are proud to highlight that through the robust business activity since its inception, the Mining Supply Park has been instrumental in driving economic investment in the province.

Glencore’s ferroalloys business is one of the world’s largest integrated producers of chrome ore, ferrochrome and vanadium.

Our chromite assets are held through a majority stake in the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture and our vanadium assets through a majority stake in the Rhovan Pooling and Sharing Venture.

The larger Glencore group also markets the products we produce at our operations, most of which are located across the Bushveld Igneous Complex of the North West and Limpopo provinces.

The vision that sets us apart

Our role in South Africa as a responsible operator is to engage with our employees, local communities and stakeholders in order that our operations benefit those in the areas in which we operate. In 2010, we invested over R100-million to build and develop a Mining Supply Park in the Steelpoort area of Limpopo

In collaboration with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the Limpopo Provincial Government, the Mining Supply Park is well positioned as the anchor point in the development of the 1 220-hectare FetakgomoTubatse Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which is currently under establishment in the province. Once established, the SEZ will be situated within the jurisdiction of the Fetakgomo-Tubatse Local Municipality in the larger Sekhukhune District and is located on the boundary of Glencore Ferroalloys’ Lion Ferrochrome smelter along the R555 national road.

In addition, Glencore Ferroalloys, in collaboration with other mining peers operating in Sekhukhune, has commenced with a R127-million project for the refurbishment of the existing steel bridge while a new double-lane concrete bridge in Ga-Malekane is being constructed. We envisage that this vital infrastructure development in the area will further serve as an enabler for economic development.