Kumba Iron Ore is a supplier of high-quality iron ore to the global steel industry and is focused on creating shared value with a range of stakeholders.
In South Africa, our iron ore operations are made up of a 69.7% shareholding in Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a leading supplier of seaborne iron ore.
We also have a large, high-quality iron ore resource in Brazil.
Visit our websiteAt Kumba Iron Ore, we aim to create and leave a positive legacy wherever we go, especially for the communities in and around our operations. We also strive to operate safely and in a way that eliminates harm to people and to the environment. We are also focused on our Corporate Social Investment responsibilities and our responsibility to create shared value for all our stakeholders.
One of the largest open-pit mines in the world – some 14km long – and the heart of our South African iron ore business. Located in Northern Cape and 73.9% owned by Kumba Iron Ore.
See Sishen for yourselfKolomela mine, is near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province. Kolomela means ‘to dig deeper’ or ‘to persevere’. Our team members at Kolomela mine have done an excellent job of ramping up the mine and sustaining its production since it has been operational from 2011. Our Kolomela lump iron ore is in demand because of its excellent physical strength and high iron content. Kolomela has a life of mine of 14 years.
Kumba is leveraging on our endowment in the Northern Cape, to extend the life of Sishen and Kolomela to 20 years and more.
The port at Saldanha Bay is the only dedicated iron ore export facility in South Africa and is larger than the country’s other four major ports combined.
The ore quay at Saldanha has two berths where two vessels of 310,000 deadweight tonnage can simultaneously tie up at the iron ore jetty.
The terminal operates 24/7 and has the capacity to offload 10,000 tonnes per hour onto a vessel.
From arrival to departure an ore vessel carrying 170,000 tonnes will be in Saldanha Bay for just 24 hours.
Saldanha Bay port submits an annual environmental report in line with the Global Reporting Initiative. It respects that it is located in an ecologically sensitive area, and takes all measures possible to manage the area responsibly.
Mpumi Zikalala
Chief Executive Officer at Kumba Iron Ore Limited
Mpumi Zikalala
Chief Executive Officer at Kumba Iron Ore Limited
Mpumi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kumba Iron Ore Limited with effect from 1 January 2022 and joined the Kumba Board as an executive director. She assumed the role of Chairman of the operating entity, Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd. Mpumi was a De Beers Group bursar and officially joined De Beers in 2001 as a process engineer. As part of her production journey, she worked on process improvement and plant design projects, she also worked in various leadership roles within production management. She was appointed General Manager at De Beers Kimberley Mines in 2007, becoming the first female General Manager in the De Beers Group. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of De Beers Voorspoed mine and three and a half years later became Senior Vice-President of De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa.
Mpumi was promoted to Deputy CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines in November 2017, rising to the position of Managing Director, De Beers Group Managed Operations, in April 2019. Managed Operations includes De Beers Group's operations in South Africa and Canada.
Mpumi holds a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed leadership development at the London Business School.
Mpumi previously served as a non-executive director of various companies including the Black Management Forum and Mintek. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London. She was a winner of the 2018 Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining awards issued in Mayfield, London.
Of all the metals that make modern life possible, steel is the most widely used – and iron ore is its main ingredient.
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.
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Kumba Iron Ore
144 Oxford Road
Rosebank
Melrose
Johannesburg
2196
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 683 7000
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