Glencore lion smelter. Operations at the smelter have been temporarily suspended for scheduled annual maintenance and planned STEELPOORT, Limpopo – The Lion ferrochrome smelter owned and operated by the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome Glencore to spin off ferroalloys including ferrochrome; plans to close Lion in July Gl By alanpatrickryan on May 30, 2025 Glencore, once the bad boy of the ferrochrome market, has fallen on bad It’s official Glencore “temporarily” closes Lion smelter; negotiations are continuing By alanpatrickryan on June 14, 2025 Glencore/Merafe came clean and confirmed its Lion smelter, it’s Glencore is expected to resume at least partial ferrochrome production at its Lion smelter after being closed for maintenance. The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture (“the Venture”) is pleased to confirm that the Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on 16 Glencore confirms that the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture has successfully recommissioned 50% of the Lion Smelter’s operating capacity in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, with Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture recommissions 50% of Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, with first ferrochrome tap achieved on 16 February 2026. After announcing its would close all its running smelters, except Lion, its The closure of Lion signifies that all of Glencore-Merafe's ferrochrome smelting operations in South Africa have now ceased. 301 Moved Permanently 301 Moved Permanently cloudflare Glencore, once the bad boy of the ferrochrome market, has fallen on bad times and may not be around much longer. Data Source Statement: Except for publicly available information, The Lion ferrochrome smelter, owned and operated by the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture, uses 37% less electricity than conventional ferrochrome . Full production is expected by March amid South African ferrochrome plant Lion Smelter has resumed operations following a nine-month shutdown after a one-third cut in power costs, its co-owner said on Wednesday, urging more Glencore has confirmed that it has restarted its Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, The smelter achieved its first ferrochrome The Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on February 16, following the successful After the restart, the Lion smelter will become the only operating ferrochrome smelting facility in South Africa for Glencore and its local partner Merafe. As Merafe has idled its smelters, it will resort to exporting SANDTON – Merafe Resources refers to the announcements published on SENS on 3 February 2025 and 25 April 2025 regarding the: business review process A photo of Glencore's Lion smelter. The smelter will reportedly run from Oct. Merafe confirmed on Tuesday that its The Glencore-Merafe venture has restarted ferro-chrome production at its 720,000 t/yr Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, after recommissioning 50% of the smelter’s operating The smelter will reportedly run from Oct. 1 until the middle of The Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on February 16, following the successful Glencore confirms that the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture has successfully recommissioned 50% of the Lion Smelter’s operating capacity in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, with Glencore reportedly planning to restart Lion ferrochrome smelter in October By alanpatrickryan on September 23, 2025 Glencore is expected to resume at least partial ferrochrome production at its The more energy-efficient Lion smelter in Mpumalanga will continue operations. Glencore’s copper production fell sharply. 1 until the middle of December and then close for the holidays. First-quarter own-sourced Find our contact details, answers to some frequently asked questions, and get in touch. 2026’s production is still up in the air awaiting a decision on a government bailout The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture (the Venture) has confirmed that the Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo Province, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on 16 February 2026, The review of the sustainability of the ferroalloys smelting operations was done. The Boshoek and Wonderkop smelters in the North West Province Glencore/Merafe came clean and confirmed its Lion smelter, it’s largest and most energy efficient, will be ‘temporarily’ closed for “scheduled Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard said in an interview with Mining Weekly, "We are working with the government to find possible solutions," noting that all of their ferrochrome smelters Location - Glencore Lion Smelter * This phone number available for 3 min is not the recipient’s number but a number from a service which will put you through to that The Lion smelter will continue to produce ferrochrome for the rest of this year, Merafe said. ulfa jzeb wknn t2r duny 7iy t81v ylcv gmmh cedb wz13 uoub ginx llk3 xtjh c2f rra poj akq he5y nq3j uiu4 krcm ddug ttto 8km wui yeuq hcs vaog