Johannesburg: United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK) announced today that, in response to the worsening market conditions, it will reduce the production of manganese ore and concomitant to that, the sale of its ore products, for the time being.
“Softened demand side conditions have informed our decision to ease production and sales,” said UMK chief executive Malcolm Curror.
He added that the company will return to normalised outputs when the market recovers.
Curror noted that the temporary slowdown in production and sales will have no impact on the company’s employee body.
UMK is the fourth largest producer of Manganese in South Africa with operations in the Northern Cape province.
About United Manganese of Kalahari
United Manganese of Kalahari is a South African mining company, operating on the Kalahari manganese field in the John Taole Gaetsewe District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The Kalahari manganese field is regarded as the largest manganese ore deposit globally. The field extends continuously in a north-western direction, for a distance of 34km from Mamatwan Mine in the south to the Wessels and Black Rock Mines in the North
UMK is a company operating in a manganese based economy with exposure to the export market. It is strategically located with good access to rail infrastructure, rapid load-out and export facilities.
