Fluid-bed dryer improves quality of WCM's foundry sand
South Africa-based Samancor was created in 1975 by the merger of SA Manganese and African Metals. Today, the company operates under the joint ownership of BHP Billiton and Anglo American.
Samancor has two independent divisions, Samancor Manganese and Samancor Chrome. Within the chrome division are two mining operations, Eastern Chrome Mines at Steelpoort, South Africa, and Western Chrome Mines [ WCM], at Mooinooi, South Africa.