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Ramokgopa discusses ferrochrome smelter challenges at WEF

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January 22, 2026

MINISTER of Electricity and Energy Kgosientso Ramokgopa said on Wednesday his energy delegation has engaged with global and local CEOs of ferrochrome smelters at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in a bid to cushion and develop the industry for beneficiation.

- BANELE GININDZA

Ramokgopa discusses ferrochrome smelter challenges at WEF

MINISTER of Electricity and Energy Kgosientso Ramokgopa file photo.

(AFP)

The intervention aims to sustain a proposed tariff of 62 cents per kilowatt-hour for smelters, as the sector faces retrenchments driven by high electricity costs.

Ramokgopa said stakeholders — including government, Eskom, labour unions and smelters — had worked to restructure the tariff from R1.35 per kilowatt-hour to save jobs, and that the WEF was being used to facilitate high-level discussions.

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