Machadodorp Chrome Smelter

South Africa / Mpumalanga / Belfast /
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This smelter is owned by Assmang and receives ore from the Dwarsrivier Chrome mine, which is supplemented with ore from Nkomati mine nearby.The furnace operations consists of two open 33 MVA , one open 30 MVA (all of Tagliaferri design) and one closed 54 MVA submerged arc furnace (Titaco) with pre-heater (Outokumpu). The combined capacity is 290 000 tpa of charge chrome.

Ferrochrome production results in a discard slag, which contains entrapped ferrochrome metal. This ferrochrome can, however be recovered in the metal recovery plant which has an installed capacity of 20 000 tons of saleable product per annum.
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Coordinates:   25°42'49"S   30°13'38"E
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