2024 year in review

Financial

Cash balance

R1 795 million

(2023: R1 656 million)

Revenue

R8 443 million

(2023: R9 244 million)

Net profit

R667 million

(2023: R1 753 million)

Final cash dividend

8cps

(2023: 22cps)

Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)

R1 731 million

(2023: R2 545 million)

5% decrease in net cash generated from operating activities

R1 777 million

(2023: R1 879 million)

Headline earnings per share

42.9cps

(2023: 60.1cps)

Basic earnings per share

26.7cps

(2023: 70.1 cps)

Safety

Fatalities

1

(2023: 2)

Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)

2.31

(2023: 2.34)

Disabling injury severity rate (DISR)

76.96

(2023: 128.05)

Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)

0.80

(2023: 1.39)

Operational

Ferrochrome sales volume

298kt

(2023: 327kt)

Ferrochrome production

301kt

(2023: 300kt)

Average ferrochrome CIF price

99USc/lb

(2023: 105USc/lb)

Chrome ore sales

475kt

(2023: 470kt)

Successes

  • Construction of PGMX plant
  • No debt at Merafe and positive cash reserves
  • Financial close of offsite renewable energy project

Challenges

  • Safety
  • Electricity pricing
  • Production costs
  • Ferrochrome prices and demand
  • Rail and port infrastructure