Flight to quality favours South Africa – Kumba Iron Ore

The flight to iron-ore quality, driven by environmental concerns and the need for cleaner production and less air pollution, is a demand trend that favours South Africa’s high quality iron-ore. That is the view of Kumba Iron Ore executive head marketing and seaborne logistics Timo Smit, who was responding to Mining Weekly’s questions at the media conference that followed Kumba’s presentation of half-year results.