Port’s ferrochrome operations get thumbs up from Xstrata

Jun 25, 2008
Author: Lunga Ngcobo, TPT

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pictured from left Garth Wilson (Xstrata Alloys) - Ferro Chrome Port Superintendent; Sean Edwards (Xstrata Alloys) - General Manager Marketing and Logistics; William Buenk (Xsrata Alloys) - Services Manager; Deon Dreyer (Xstrata Alloys) - MD Chrome Division; Jeff McLaughlan (Xstrata Alloys) - Marketing Director; Roy Dhaver (Transnet Port Terminals) - Customer Services; and Mandla Mpungose (Transnet Port Terminals) - Operations Manager


Richards Bay, 25 June 2008 - A high-powered delegation from Xstrata Alloys, a major industry producer of ferrochrome in South Africa, recently visited Transnet Port Terminals’ port of Richards Bay.

The delegation took time to explore the multipurpose terminal’s ferro slab and the chrome vessel operations at the port.

Mr Deon Dreyer, Managing Director of Xstrata Alloys – Chrome Division, said he was happy to see such positive and drastic changes taking place at the multipurpose terminal, amongst others, the quality handling of the ferrochrome exports.

“In my view, the visible upkeep of the ferro slab at the port of Richards Bay is the best in the world and I hope that that these continued improvement initiatives are driven and sustained at terminal level,” he said.

Mr Roy Dhaver, Customer Services Representative at the multipurpose terminal, thanked the Xstrata Alloys delegation for taking the time to meet the terminal’s operations personnel, particularly on the shop floor where operational activities take place.

He also urged all stakeholders linked to the ferro corridor supply chain to work continuously at exceeding customer expectations.