Isexwayiso Sokuhlanganisa: African Rainbow Minerals Limited Kanye neNkomati Joint Venture

I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) igunyaze ngokungenamibandela ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo lapho i-African Rainbow Minerals Limited (“ARM”) ihlose ukuthola (i) inzalo yokubamba iqhaza esele ku-Nkomati Joint Venture (“Nkomati JV” noma “Nkomati Okwami”); kanye (ii) nentshisekelo yobunikazi engahlukanisiwe kumalungelo athile okumba aphethwe yi-Nkomati JV. Ngemva kokuqaliswa kokusebenza okuhlongozwayo, i-ARM izosebenzisa ukulawula kweNkomati JV kuphela.

I-ARM, inkampani ehweba esidlangalaleni esohlwini lwe-Johannesburg Stock Exchange, inentshisekelo ezinkampanini ezingaphansi kwayo kanye nemisebenzi ehlanganyelwe emkhakheni wezimayini. Izinkampani zayo ezisebenzayo kanye namabhizinisi ahlanganyelwe imayini futhi izuzisa insimbi yensimbi, i-manganese ore, i-chrome ore, izinsimbi zeqembu leplatinamu, i-nickel namalahle. I-ARM iphinde ikhiqize ama-manganese nama-alloys e-chrome futhi inotshalomali egolide ngokuba namasheya ayo e-Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited. Iqembu elizuzayo, nge-ARM, liyinkampani ehlukahlukene yezimayini namaminerali enentshisekelo yokuphila isikhathi eside, ukusebenza kwezindleko eziphansi.

I-Nkomati JV iwubambiswano olungahlanganisiwe phakathi kwe-ARM ne-Norilsk Nickel Africa (Pty) Ltd (“NNA”). I-ARM kanye ne-NNA ngayinye inentshisekelo yokubamba iqhaza kanye nentshisekelo yobunikazi engahlukanisiwe kumalungelo athile okumba aphethwe yi-Nkomati JV. Imayini iNkomati, eseMpumalanga, inamalungelo amabili okumba ahlinzekela ukuba nelungelo elisemthethweni phezu kwalezi zimbiwa phansi ezilandelayo: i-nickel, ithusi, i-cobalt, i-platinum, i-palladium, i-rhodium, i-iridium, i-ruthenium, i-osmium, igolide, isiliva nezinye izimbiwa nezinsimbi. Imayini okwamanje ayisebenzi futhi ingaphansi kokunakekelwa futhi isesimweni esihle. Ngaphambi kokuthi ibekwe ngaphansi kokunakekelwa nokunakekelwa, ukusebenza kwemayini bekubandakanya ukumba umgodi ovulekile obusuthisa ama-concentrator amabili akhiqiza okugxilile okuqukethe ama-PGM, i-nickel, ithusi ne-cobalt.

Kukhishwe ngu:

Gillian de Gouveia, Umphathi Wezokuxhumana

Egameni leCompetition Tribunal yaseNingizimu Afrika

Iseli: +27 (0) 82 410 1195

I-imeyili: GillianD@comptrib.co.za

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