JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Chrome is a growing value contributor to the revenue base of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum group metals (PGM) portfolio, delivering margins, resilience and project support.
Chrome has also been a stable income generator for Sibanye-Stillwater during periods of low PGMs pricing. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)
In 2025, chrome contributed 8% of the revenue of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa PGM operations and it has been an enabler of project feasibilities and an extender of the life of tailings facilities.
“We’re on the path to be a chrome producer to be reckoned with. We currently do 10% of South Africa's chrome production, 5% worldwide. If we achieve the chrome growth that is projected, we will exceed that 10% by quite a significant amount,” Sibanye-Stillwater VP chrome and base metals Babsie Crane commented during Sibanye-Stillwater’s Capital Markets Day covered by Mining Weekly.
The chrome management agreement that Sibanye-Stillwater signed with Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture in 2025 repositions the commercial terms of legacy contracts and attracts considerable value earlier.
