| Iron ore – the Sishen and Thabazimbi mines produced over 28,6Mtpa of lumpy and fine iron ore, of which 20,9Mtpa was exported. Sishen is one of the largest single open-pit mines in the world, known for its high grade and consistent product quality. The 861km rail system that links Sishen to the dedicated deep-water port and bulk-loading facility at Saldanha is one of the most efficient in the world and has advanced logistical systems for handling and loading iron ore. |  |
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| Coal – collectively, Grootegeluk, Leeuwpan and Tshikondeni mines produce over 18Mtpa of thermal, metallurgical and coking coal, most of which (thermal) is consumed by the national power utility, Eskom. Grootegeluk is one of the lowest-cost and most efficient mining operations in the world. The mine also operates the world’s largest coal beneficiation plant. |  |
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| Base metals – the Rosh Pinah lead/zinc mine in southern Namibia and Zincor refinery near Springs in Gauteng constitute one of the few integrated zinc mining and refinery operations in the world. The Zincor electrolytic refinery is also one of the lowest-cost producers of zinc metal in the global marketplace. In addition to South Africa and Namibia, this business unit also has an interest in the expansion of the Hongye zinc refinery in China. |  |
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| Heavy minerals – officially opened in September 2001, the Ticor SA heavy minerals project near Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal uses innovative techniques and a new mining method in this highly-specialised industry to make Kumba and its Australian subsidiary, Ticor Limited, the world’s third-largest titanium producer by 2005. The smelter complex at Empangeni, comprising two furnaces, is currently being commissioned and at full production will produce 250 000 tonnes of slag and 140 000 tonnes of low manganese pig iron. |  |
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| Industrial minerals – a dedicated plant in Pretoria manufactures high-quality atomised ferrosilicon which plays a strategic role in the beneficiation process of iron ore. The Glen Douglas dolomite quarry near Meyerton in Gauteng provides a range of products to steelworks and other consumers. |  |
| Regional | Sales for 2003
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| Operations | location | Ownership | Products | 000
tonnes
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% export
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| BUSINESSES |
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| Iron ore | Sishen mine | Northern Cape | Division of Sishen Iron Ore | Lump ore |
16 670
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69
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| Company (Pty) Ltd | Fine ore |
10 615
|
89
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| Thabazimbi | Limpopo | Division of Sishen Iron Ore | Lump ore | 1 310 |
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| mine | Company (Pty) Ltd | Fine ore |
1 121
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| Coal | Grootegeluk | Limpopo | Division of Kumba Coal | Thermal coal (Eskom) | 12 972 |
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| mine | (Pty) Ltd | Semi-soft coking coal | 1 883 |
34
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| Thermal coal (other) |
1 320
|
18
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| Leeuwpan | Mpumalanga | Division of Kumba Coal | Thermalcoal (other) |
1 450
|
16
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| mine | (Pty) Ltd | |||||
| Tshikondeni | Limpopo | Division of Kumba Coal | Coking coal |
375
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| mine | (Pty) Ltd | |||||
| Base metals | Zincor refinery | Gauteng | Subsidiary of Kumba | Zinc metal | 112
|
18
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| Resources Ltd | Sulphuric acid | 166
|
1
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| Rosh Pinah | Namibia | Subsidiary of Kumba | Zinc concentrate |
85
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| mine | Resources Ltd (95%) | Lead concentrate |
30
|
100
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| ZnERGY | Gauteng | Subsidiary of Kumba | Zinc-air fuel cells | |||
| Resources Ltd (85%) | Zinc-air anodes | |||||
| Hongye | China | Subsidiary of Kumba | Zinc metal | |||
| refinery | Resources Ltd (60%) | Sulphuric acid | ||||
| Heavy minerals | Ticor | KwaZulu-Natal | Kumba Resources Ltd (60%) | Zircon | 60
|
100
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| South Africa | Ticor Ltd (40%) | Rutile | 19
|
100
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| Ilmenite | 50
|
100
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| Chloride slag | ||||||
| Sulphate slag | ||||||
| Low manganese | ||||||
| pig iron (LMPI) | ||||||
| Ticor Ltd | Australia | Subsidiary of | Zircon | 83
|
100
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| Kumba Resources Ltd | Rutile | 28
|
100
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| (51,4%) | Ilmenite | 126
|
100
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| Synthetic rutile | 81
|
100
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| Leucoxcene | 19
|
100
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| Pigment |
81
|
100
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| Industrial minerals | Glen Douglas | Gauteng | Subsidiary of Kumba | Metallurgical dolomite | 642
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| mine | Resources Ltd | Aggregate | 585
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| Lime |
94
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| Kumba | Gauteng | Division of Sishen Iron Ore | Atomised ferrosilicon | 5
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| Ferrosilicon | Company (Pty) Ltd | |||||
| INVESTMENTS | ||||||
| Mining related | Safore | Western Cape- | 40% | Bulk shipping | n/a
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| based | ||||||
| Other | Advanced | Gauteng | 26,7% | Information technology | n/a
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| Software | ||||||
| Technologies | ||||||
| Group | ||||||
| 100% owned except where otherwise stated. | ||||||