| OPERATING ENTITIES |
COMMODITY MINED |
TYPE OF OPERATION |
DESCRIPTION |
| JOINT-VENTURE ENTITY (ASSMANG) |
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| Iron Ore Division |
Iron ore |
Mining, crushing, screening and |
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(see page) |
dense medium jigging |
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| Manganese Division |
Manganese |
Mining, washing and screening |
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(see page) |
Ferromanganese smelting |
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Refined ferromanganese smelting |
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| Chrome Ore Division |
Chrome ore |
Mining and concentrating |
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(see page) |
Smelter and pelletising plant |
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| SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES |
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| Rustenburg Minerals |
Chrome ore |
Mining and concentrating |
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| Development Company |
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(see page) |
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| Zeerust Chrome Mines |
Chrome ore |
Processing of chrome dumps |
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(see page) |
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| Wonderstone |
Wonderstone |
Mining and beneficiation of Wonderstone |
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and manufacture of ceramic products |
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(see page) |
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| Ore & Metal Company |
Non-mining operation |
Marketing, sales and shipping of products |
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(see page) |
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| Minerais U.S. LLC |
Non-mining operation |
Marketing of minerals and alloys in USA |
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(see page) |
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| African Mining and Trust Company |
Non-mining operation |
Operational management, exploration
and technical adviser (see page) |
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OPERATING ENTITIES
JOINT-VENTURE ENTITY
(ASSMANG) |
DESCRIPTION |
CONTRIBUTION TO ATTRIBUTABLE
PROFIT/(LOSS) |
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| Iron Ore Division |
Iron ore is mined in the Northern Cape ins open-cast operations at theKhumani Iron Ore Mine which is located near Kathu in the Northern Capeand at the Beeshoek Iron Ore Mine which is located outside Postmasburg.The bulk of the ore is exported. |
2010
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R718,3 m |
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2009
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R1 085,2 m |
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| Manganese Division |
Various grades of manganese ore are mined at the Nchwaning and Gloriamines, located in the Black Rock area of the Northern Cape province andmanganese alloys are produced at the Cato Ridge Works in KwaZulu-Natal.Cato Ridge Alloys, a joint venture with Japanese partners, produces refinedferromanganese at the Cato Ridge Works. Feed for the Cato Ridge Works isderived from Assmang’s manganese mines and the bulk of both ore and alloyproduction is exported. |
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2010 |
R740,1 m |
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2009 |
R1 977,8 m |
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| Chrome Ore Division |
Chrome ore is mined at the Dwarsrivier Mine near Lydenburg in Mpumalanga province and is either supplied to the Machadodorp Ferrochrome Works or exported. |
2010
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(R92,3 m) |
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2009
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R96,6 m |
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Rustenburg Minerals
Development Company |
Chrome ore is mined near Rustenburg in open-cast operations andproduction is supplied mainly to the local market. The company has recentlycompleted one of two planned decline shafts with the other shaft expectedto be commissioned at the end of 2011. The underground operations willreplace the existing open-cast operations. |
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| Zeerust Chrome Mines |
Reprocessing of chrome dumps occurs at Zeerust Chrome Ore Mine,located at Groot-Marico in the North West province. Open-cast miningis expected to resume towards the end of 2010. |
| 2010 |
(R3,2 m) |
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| 2009 |
(R2,7 m) |
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| Wonderstone |
The company mines a type of pyrophyllite, which, for trade purposes, isreferred to as Wonderstone. The bulk of the material mined is beneficiatedto produce high-precision components manufactured to customers’specification which are exported to the United States of America and theUnited Kingdom. The company also produces a range of wear- and acid-resistant tiles and ceramic products used mainly for chute liners in the localmining industry. |
2010 |
(R4,3 m) |
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| 2009 |
R6,8 m |
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2010
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R126,9 m |
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2009
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R169,9 m |
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| Ore & Metal Company |
Ore & Metal Company Limited is responsible for the marketing, salesand shipping of all the group’s products, including those produced by thethree divisions of Assmang. Strong relationships have been established withcustomers in Europe, North America, South America, India and the Far East. |
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2010
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R17,3 m |
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2009
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(R13,2 m) |
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| Minerais U.S. LLC |
Minerais U.S. LLC is responsible for marketing and sales administration of thegroup’s products in the USA, in particular manganese and chrome alloys, andtrades in various related commodities. |
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| African Mining and Trust Company |
African Mining and Trust Company Limited is technical adviser to Assmangand other group companies and provides operational management to groupmines and plants. |
2010
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R81,6 m |
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2009
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R121,2 m |
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