Northam Platinum, which benefits from a full mine-to-market value chain in chrome, sold around 1.3-million tons of chrome for the year, which contributed 12.5%, or R3.8-billion, to the revenue of this Johannesburg Stock Exchange company best known for its platinum group metals (PGMs) production. Chrome production improved by 24% with higher upper group two (UG2) tonnages treated and improving chrome yields at all operations.
