Rustenburg Chrome Mine has a reputation as being a supplier of high quality chrome ore. The mine is run by LANXESS’ Leather business unit and supplies in particular company sites in South Africa and Argentina that process the raw material into chrome chemical intermediates and finally into products for amongst others the manufacture of leather. It is situated some 14 kilometers from the town of Rustenburg in the North West Province. The mine is part of a mineral deposit known as the Bushveld Igneous Complex which holds the majority of South Africa’s chrome ore deposits.

The ore is broken underground  and brought to the surface by a system of conveyor belts. On surface it is processed  to yield chemical concentrate, the raw material for LANXESS’ chrome chemicals plants, lumpy ore and and metallurgical concentrate the raw material for the ferrochrome industry, as well as foundary sands which is used in metal foundaries.