Samancor Chrome retrenchments reduced – union

South African trade union Solidarity said on Thursday that Samancor Chrome had “significantly” reduced the number of planned retrenchments. In March, Samancor said that it planned to retrench almost 900, or about 20%, of the its nearly 4 690...

Samancor Chrome prepares to retrench, 900 jobs at risk

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - South African chrome-miner and ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome said on Tuesday that it was preparing to retrench workers as a consequence of its planned 55% cut in smelter production and 50% cut in...

Samancor Chrome prepares to retrench, 900 jobs at risk

South African chrome-miner and ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome said on Tuesday that it was preparing to retrench workers as a consequence of its planned 55% cut in smelter production and 50% cut in chrome mining during 2009. Of the 4 800...

Prereduction process produces prime product

f you were taking the road from Lydenburg to Ohrigstad in Mpumalanga, about 5km from Lydenburg is a large, greyish factory.