Afrimat joins Kumba in restarting limited iron ore mining and sales

JSE-diversified miner Afrimat says it will restart limited iron ore mining, railing and sales during the 21-day lockdown of the economy ordered by the state.

The balance, he said, was between keeping employees safe and allowing mining companies to restart as quickly as possible once the lockdown ended on April 16, as well as keeping supplies of critical minerals flowing. Afrimat, which sold nearly 800,000 tonnes of ore in the 12 months to end-August 2019, said it would also restart limited production, having secured permission from the department as well as rail allocation to move ore from its Demaneng iron ore mine in the Northern Cape to Saldanha port.

“Government has revised and created exemptions for other goods, which are critical to the health of the national economy and its revitalisation post the crisis,” it said.

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