02 / Commodities

What we trade

Chrome, coal, manganese and magnetite — plus other bulk commodities on enquiry. Every line is traded and moved through the same pit-to-port chain.

Chrome

Chrome concentrate

Metallurgical-grade chromite concentrate recovered from the Bushveld Igneous Complex — the LG and MG chromitite seams that hold roughly three quarters of the world's known chrome resource. Our longest-running line, and the one with the most detailed specification on file.

Bushveld Complex — LG / MG chromitite seams

Typical specification
Product	Chromite (chrome) concentrate, metallurgical grade
HS code	2610.00
Origin	Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa
Cr₂O₃	38 – 42 %
Cr : Fe ratio	1.5 : 1 – 1.6 : 1
SiO₂	6 % max
Moisture	8 % max on loading
Sizing	Concentrate, −1 mm. Lumpy and friable fractions on request.
Packing	Loose bulk, or 1 t / 1.5 t bulk bags in container

Grade window

Cr₂O₃38 – 42 %

30 %40 %50 %

Cr : Fe1.5 – 1.6

1.01.52.0

SiO₂6 % max

0 %6 %12 %

Moisture8 % max

0 %6 %12 %

Typical volumes and parcel sizes

Trial parcel

500 t — approximately eighteen 20 ft containers. The standard opening order for a new counterparty, and the parcel we prefer for a first transaction on both sides.

Containerised

27 – 28 t net per 20 ft container, loose or in bulk bags. Shipped in multiples of a full container; no part loads.

Breakbulk / bulk

5,000 t minimum parcel for a bulk nomination, built in 500 t increments against a confirmed laycan.

Monthly availability is quoted per enquiry against current mine-gate allocation. Ask for the current position rather than assuming it.

Delivery terms

Quoted DAP to a named place of delivery, FOB Durban, Richards Bay or Maputo, and CIF to main Far East and Indian subcontinent discharge ports. Incoterms® 2020 throughout.

Prices are not published. Offers are firm, parcel-specific and issued on written enquiry.

The rest of the range

Coal, manganese, magnetite and more

All of these move through the same pit-to-port chain: railed on wagons we book, handled at sidings we run, stockpiled until the vessel is nominated. Each is transacted against a confirmed mandate — we carry no speculative position, and we do not offer material we have not sourced.

Thermal coal RB1, RB2 and RB3 export grades, 4,800 – 5,850 kcal/kg NAR, screened and washed to buyer specification. Domestic grades on request. HS 2701.12 / 2701.19

Manganese ore Lumpy and fines from the Kalahari manganese field. Mn 36 % and up, sized to buyer requirement, railed to Durban or Port Elizabeth. HS 2602.00

Magnetite Dense medium separation and coal-washing grades, plus iron-bearing concentrate. Specific gravity and sizing to specification. HS 2601.11

Chrome, other fractions Lumpy and friable chrome ore, and chemical-grade concentrate, where a buyer specification calls for it. HS 2610.00

Other bulk commodities If it moves by rail in bulk and there is a buyer at the other end, ask. We take on new commodity lines where the corridor and the siding capacity already exist. On enquiry

Siding stockpiles and loaded wagons on the export corridor

Next step

Send grade, tonnage, destination and Incoterm.

We answer with availability, laycan and a firm parcel offer. Specifications and assay procedure are on the capabilities page.

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