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A labourer works in a ferrochrome factory. Ferrochrome is mainly used as an alloy in stainless steel to prevent corrosion.
Xstrata has switched off two chrome furnaces at its Rustenburg plant in South Africa to help power utility Eskom save power, but said on Monday that supplies to customers would not be affected.
Spokesman Songezo Zibi said maintenance at the furnaces had been brought forward from its usual schedule in South Africa's June/July winter because the national grid is under particular strain right now due to unplanned outages at some of Eskom's power plants.
Zibi said the lost production would be made up by higher output at some of its other smelters, some of which are around 30 percent more energy efficient than the Rustenburg ones.
“We will be able to meet customer demand because we have not reduced overall planned production,” he said.
Zibi said it was not clear yet how long the maintenance programme would last. - Reuters
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Anonymous, wrote
They not without jobs! They doing maintenance at the furnaces while they offline! Please read before you comment
Cynic, wrote
Anonymous, wrote
Very sad that the economy has to suffer because of incompetence to manage the electricity supply.
Anonymous, wrote
What about the guys who work at these two furnaces? They are now suddenly without jobs thanks to Eskom and the cANCer.
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