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[SMM Express] Southern Palladium has repositioned its Bengwenyama platinum group metals project on South Africa's Bushveld Complex Eastern Limb as a dual PGM-chrome co-product operation. The shift follows updated Definitive Feasibility Study testwork presented at the Noosa Mining Investor Conference on 24 July 2026. Chromite recovery from the project's UG2 orebody has been lifted to 85.6%, sharply up from the 30% assumed in the earlier prefeasibility study. At a planned run-of-mine feed rate of 2.4 million tonnes per year, projected chrome concentrate output has risen to approximately 1.054 million tonnes per year, nearly triple the 0.35 million tonnes previously modelled. Chrome is now expected to contribute close to one-third of Bengwenyama's total revenue at full production, up from around 12% originally, reclassifying it from a minor by-product credit into a genuine parallel revenue stream. The improved recovery stems from a redesigned processing flowsheet using dense media separation pre-concentration and a coarser primary grind that protects chromite particles from over-grinding. One issue remains unresolved: Cr2O3 contamination in the PGM concentrate currently exceeds the level needed for acceptable smelter and refinery specifications, and the company has not disclosed a timeline for resolving it. South Africa already holds the world's largest chrome ore reserves, and a successful scale-up at Bengwenyama would add a new, currently undeveloped source of domestic chrome concentrate over the medium term. The project still requires full DFS completion and financing before construction, a process typically spanning 18 to 36 months. For chrome ore buyers, the update is a reminder that future South African supply growth may increasingly come from PGM developments carrying substantial chromite credits, not just dedicated chrome or ferrochrome producers.

[SMM Express] Free on Board (FOB) tetap menjadi basis penetapan harga utama untuk ekspor konsentrat kolumbit-tantalit (koltan) Nigeria, dengan sebagian besar pengiriman dihargai di terminal ekspor utama termasuk Pelabuhan Onne di Rivers State dan Pelabuhan Apapa di Lagos. Penetapan harga FOB banyak digunakan dalam transaksi antara eksportir Nigeria dan pembeli internasional karena memberikan dasar yang transparan untuk menilai konsentrat sebelum biaya pengangkutan dan asuransi ditambahkan. Pelaku pasar mengindikasikan bahwa penjualan kepada perusahaan perdagangan dan pemroses Tiongkok sering dinegosiasikan berdasarkan Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) untuk pengiriman ke Tiongkok, dengan nilai FOB yang sesuai diperoleh setelah mengurangi biaya angkutan laut dan asuransi laut. Sementara itu, transaksi domestik dan regional yang lebih kecil dapat diselesaikan dengan ketentuan Ex Works (EXW) atau pengiriman truk ke pelabuhan sebelum kargo memasuki saluran ekspor formal. Dominasi berkelanjutan dari penetapan harga FOB mencerminkan praktik perdagangan internasional yang mapan untuk konsentrat mineral kritis dan memfasilitasi tolok ukur harga di seluruh pasar tantalum global. Seiring meningkatnya permintaan akan rantai pasok yang transparan dan dapat dilacak, mekanisme penetapan harga yang terstandardisasi diperkirakan akan tetap penting dalam mendukung perdagangan yang efisien dan kepercayaan pasar.

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