HIGHLIGHTS

  • Historic empowerment transaction successfully concluded
  • Earnings not comparable
  • Good operating results
  • Coal production reaches
    24 million tonnes
  • Strong project pipeline for transformed group
  • Options to acquire Namakwa Sands and a 26% interest in Black Mountain/Gamsberg exercised post December 2006

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UNAUDITED PHYSICAL INFORMATION (000' TONNES)

     
 
                          12-months ended
                       6-months ended
 
                         31 December
                        31 December
 
2006 
2005 
2006 
2005 
Iron ore(1)        
Production 25,709  30,987  10,379  15,476 
Sales        
– Exports 17,511  22,113  6,304  11,510 
– Domestic 6,795  9,172  2,960  4,360 
Total 24,306  31,285  9,264  15,870 
Coal(2)        
Production        
– Power station 18,061  14,573  10,511  7,243 
– Coking 2,496  2,273  1,387  1,098 
– Other 3,365  2,993  1,889  1,552 
Total 23,922  19,839  13,787  9,893 
Sales        
– Eskom 18,253  14,703  10,796  7,268 
– Other domestic 4,465  4,174  2,397  2,164 
– Export 1,569  1,109  1,014  500 
Total 24,287  19,986  14,207  9,932 
Mineral Sands – RSA        
Production        
– Ilmenite 319  356  159  202 
– Zircon 50  47  24  23 
– Rutile 25  23  13  11 
– Pig iron 75  89  34  52 
– Scrap pig iron 10  8  5  3 
– Chloride slag 134  134  62  79 
– Sulphate slag 36  30  18  18 
Sales        
– Ilmenite 50  60  20  30 
– Zircon 48  47  25  21 
– Rutile 31  18  22  9 
– Pig iron 60  79  31  50 
– Scrap pig iron 9  11  4  5 
– Chloride slag 104  150  40  85 
– Sulphate slag 30  41  20  20 
Mineral Sands – Australia(3)        
Production        
– Ilmenite 227  220  111  116 
– Zircon 36  35  18  18 
– Rutile 18  16  9  8 
– Synthetic rutile 98  111  44  56 
– Leucoxene 14  12  7  7 
– Pigment 54  53  27  27 
Sales        
– Ilmenite 30  13  30  3 
– Zircon 32  36  16  19 
– Rutile 18  18  10  10 
– Synthetic rutile 27  59  8  33 
– Leucoxene 10  14  6  10 
Base metals        
Production        
– Zinc concentrate 104  126  49  62 
– Zinc metal 106  117  50  58 
– Zincor 90  102  42  50 
– Chifeng(4) 16  15  8  8 
– Lead concentrate 21  25  8  12 
Zinc metal sales        
– Domestic 91  92  46  46 
– Export 24  27  9  13 
Total 115  119  55  59 
Lead concentrate sales        
– Export 32  35  20  23 
(1) 2006 only includes physical information for 10 months.
(2) 2006 includes physical information of the former Eyesizwe Coal mines for November and December 2006 only.
(3) The production and sales tonnes reflect Exxaro Sands Australia’s 50% interest in the Tiwest joint venture with Tronox Inc., Western Australia.
(4) The effective interest in the physical information for the Chifeng (Hongye) refinery has been disclosed.

 

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