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flag Merafe Resources' 2025 profit plunged 72% due to high electricity costs and halted smelter operations, though tariff cuts helped restart one smelter.

flag 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. flag Production at its Glencore joint venture fell 63% to 112,000 metric tons, and costs rose 14%. flag South African smelters face intense competition from Chinese producers, worsened by power tariffs rising over 900% since 2008. flag 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.

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