Transalloys warns of permanent closure of South Africa’s last manganese smelter

Manganese ferroalloys producer Transalloys has fully stopped its ferroalloys production in Mpumalanga on July 1, with no indication of when operations may resume. The company highlights that the suspension of smelting places about 600 permanent jobs and an estimated 7 000 downstream livelihoods at risk as the company prepares to phase out its plant.

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