Dual-listed Tharisa Mining’s board has approved a $54.2-million project (about R780-million) that will increase chrome recovery and add 400 000 t/y of chrome to the company’s production from its chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) mine near Brits, in South Africa’s North West province.
The construction of the Vulcan plant is key to Tharisa’s Vision 2020 strategy, which is targeting production of two-million tonnes a year of chrome concentrate and 200 000 oz/y of PGMs by next year.