Merafe Resources的2025年利润下跌了72%,原因是电费高昂,冶炼厂业务停顿,尽管关税削减有助于重新启动一家冶炼厂。 Merafe Resources' 2025 profit plunged 72% due to high electricity costs and halted smelter operations, though tariff cuts helped restart one smelter.

Merafe Resources报告说,2025年全年利润下降了72%,每股利润下降到12.2南非美分,原因是其铁铬冶炼厂停工,电费飞涨。 Merafe Resources reported a 72% drop in 2025 full-year profit, with earnings per share falling to 12.2 South African cents, due to halted operations at its ferrochrome smelters amid soaring electricity costs. 其Glencore合资企业的产量下降了63%,达到112 000公吨,成本上升了14%。 Production at its Glencore joint venture fell 63% to 112,000 metric tons, and costs rose 14%. 南非冶炼厂面临来自中国生产商的激烈竞争,2008年以来,电费上涨超过900%,使竞争更加恶化。 South African smelters face intense competition from Chinese producers, worsened by power tariffs rising over 900% since 2008. 1月批准的35%的关税削减允许Merafe在2月重新启动狮子冶炼厂,Eskom提议再削减29%,等待批准。 A 35% tariff reduction approved in January allowed Merafe to restart its Lion smelter in February, and Eskom proposed an additional 29% cut, pending approval.