OUR PRODUCTSWe Mining and Produce High-Quality Metals and Minerals.
Native Mining and Minerals has played a vital role in the construction and industrialization of some of the world’s fastest growing economies. We are responsibly working towards reducing the environmental footprint from our operations.
Analytical Projects
Trust the experts at Native to carry out difficult projects.
Strict Quality Practices
Native is equipped to support rigorous quality standards.
Customized Solutions
We develop customized protocols, methods.
Advanced Instruments
Our teams of scientists use a wide range of instruments.
THE MATERIAL OF TOMORROW'S ELECTRIFIED WORLD.Copper
A unique material for urban and industrial growth.
Copper’s unique properties make it a vital material for urban and industrial growth, as society addresses the challenges of climate change, energy efficiency and raising living standards for the world’s growing population.
As the world seeks to decarbonise, copper is coming into its own as one of the biggest beneficiaries of green-focused infrastructure plans in the US, China and Europe, and is playing a growing part in the global energy mix, both in helping reduce emissions and in the push to develop and deploy green, renewable energy.
Uses of copper
Copper is all around us: from the electrical wiring in household appliances and cars to the saucepans in our kitchens and the brass knockers on our doors. With its antimicrobial properties, copper can even fight bacteria.
WE SERVE THE GLOBAL STAINLESS STEEL INDUSTRY.Nickel
Transforming the efficiency of our nickel mining operations in Republic of South Africa.
What is nickel used for?
Stainless steel has become iconic of high-tech design and construction. Most stainless steels contain about 8-10% nickel. Around two-thirds of all refined nickel produced is used by the stainless steel industry.
Nickel is used to make other alloys with special properties. Corrosion-resistant alloys are used in chemical plants, while ‘super-alloys’ withstand extreme temperatures and are used in aviation. Nickel is also used in electronics and as a substrate for chromium plating.
Nickel is the fifth-most common element on Earth and occurs in sulphides found underground and laterites that can be mined using open pit methods.
The stainless steel industry uses two-thirds of the world’s nickel production and virtually all ferronickel produced each year. The balance is used mainly in the manufacture of alloy steel and other non-ferrous alloys.
A UNIQUE IRON MINING FOOTPRINT ACROSS SOUTH AFRICAIron Ore
Of all the metals that make modern life possible, steel is the most widely used – and iron ore is its main ingredient.
Our iron ore business
Our iron ore operations provide customers with high grade iron ore products which help our steel customers meet ever-tighter emissions standards. In South Africa, we have a share (19.7%) in Kumba Iron Ore.
What are the uses of iron ore?
Iron ore is needed for train tracks and other types of infrastructure, which is one reason for the great demand from emerging economies such as China and Brazil.
But it’s also used in medicine, cosmetics, engineering, construction, paint and a whole range of products we need for modern life.
Technology is demanding increasingly sophisticated forms of steel. Manganese is a vital component of stainless steel and many advanced alloys.
EVERY HEAT IS CERTIFIED BY OUR MODERN METALLURGICAL LABORATORY.Ingot
Our ingots are divided into ingots, blooms, slabs, and billets according to size, shape, and use.
About Our Ingot?
An ingot is a molten metal or alloy that is poured into a mold, cooled, and hardened. In other words, it is made by casting and is also called an ingot.
The ingot is the source of all metal products and is the material that feeds the rolling, extrusion, removal, and other fabrication processes. At the end of the ingot-making process, there is a deoxidization step, and depending on the degree of deoxidization, there are two main categories: rimmed steel (insufficiently deoxidized) and killed steel (fully deoxidized). Killed steel is considered to be better in quality because of the large amount of harmful impurities that remain in rimmed steel.
Types of Ingots
- Ingots (Cast Ingots for General Raw Materials)
Ingots are ingots that are shaped and sized so that they can be freely melted and used by processors according to their purposes. - Bloom (Ingots for Rolling Strip Steel)
Blooms have a rectangular cross section and are almost square in a cross section with a side of 130 mm or more. It is used for steel strip rolling and used as material for steel shapes, such as H steel. - Slab (Ingots for Rolling)
A slab is rolling ingots with square cross section, 50 mm thick and 300 mm or more in width. It is used as a material for plates such as thin sheets and is rolled at high temperatures to form plates. - Billet (Ingots for Extrusion)
Billet is the name given to a block cut for extrusion processing, which is mainly cylindrical in shape. It is extruded at high temperatures in an extruder to form tubes, rods, and other shapes.
A UNIQUE IRON MINING FOOTPRINT ACROSS SOUTH AFRICAAluminum
As pioneers in the production of aluminum, we have introduced innovation after innovation throughout the entire value chain, bringing improved efficiency and sustainable practices from mining to refining to smelting.
Discover the Native difference with high-quality aluminum, including our value-add castings (billet, foundry, rod and slab) and a portfolio of patented alloys. We offer a variety of options, including aluminum from our Sustana line and products that carry certifications from the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative.
The low-carbon, zero-carbon advantage.
We continue to take pride in our efficiency and quality. Our global Aluminum Center of Excellence, located in South Africa, delivers breakthrough technologies and automation for our industry. And through our ELYSIS joint venture, we are working to transform the industry with a process that eliminates all greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional aluminum smelting process.
Our global casthouse network produces high-quality castings, including value-add products in various shapes and alloys for customers worldwide.
Characteristics of Our Aluminum
Aluminum is characterized by its atomic weight of 26.98, the smallest of any metallic material, and its crystals have a face-centered cubic lattice structure. The small atomic weight is associated with lightness of the crystal and good electrical conductivity per weight, and the face-centered cubic lattice structure is associated with easy deformation of the crystal, excellent workability, and non-magnetic properties.
A SIGNIFICANT INGREDIENT IN STEEL PRODUCTIONManganese
Our Vision is to be a world class manganese producer through growth, excellence, innovation and empowerment.
What is manganese used for?
The most significant use of manganese is steel production, which consumes more than 85% of all manganese mined. The ore is particularly useful in increasing steel’s resistance to oxidation; it can also improve the overall strength, durability and workability of the material.
Why choose us?
We produce and beneficiate our Manganese sinter to 44 – 46%Mn quality grade. The manganese is sintered from the world’s largest sinter plant that has the ability to produce 2.4 million tonnes of sintered manganese annually.
Our Objectives
- To create maximum shareholder value;
- Empowering our stakeholders and country through the provision of opportunities and a platform for the self-actualisation of our fellow citizens;
- Safe and sustainable operations, and;
- To be relevant to the communities in which we operate.
Nurturing innovation to cut carbon emissions.Decarbonisation Ventures
Our Decarbonisation Ventures team supports climate positive innovations for rapid and sustainable
decarbonisation through investments and global commercial partnerships
decarbonisation through investments and global commercial partnerships
MINERALS Investing
...in existing ventures with decarbonisation potential of greater than 0.5 gigatonnes of carbon emissions per year of scale.
METALLURGYBuilding
...companies with breakthrough technologies in innovation and investment starved segments with outsized decarbonisation potential.
MININGAccelerating
...decarbonisation by connecting portfolio companies with customer needs and helping close the innovation loop through collaboration, piloting.
METALLURGYEngaging
...as thought leaders to help shape the net zero policy landscape and create a favorable ecosystem for clean technologies.
1 - EXPLORE
Finding high-quality ore
2 - DRILL AND BLAST
Pulling the ore out of the earth
3 - CRUSH AND MILL
Extracting minerals from the ore
4 - SEPARATE
Isolating minerals from the waste rock
5 - REFINE
Cleaning the minerals and metals
6 - Marketing
Metals and minerals are marketed and distributed
Our Mission is to
Ensure Generation of Accurate
and Precise Findings
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