In 2017 Samancor Chrome, together with Sinosteel, acquired the assets of the operation through a separate legal entity called Tubatse Alloy (PTY) Ltd. The smelting complex is situated in the Burgersfort area of the Limpopo Province and is in close proximity to Samancor Chrome’s Eastern Chrome Mines and Tubatse Ferrochrome smelting operation. The core business of Tubatse Alloy is the production of charge chrome using two closed submerged arc Furnaces, two semi-closed submerged arc Furnaces, a Pelletising and Sintering Plant (PSP) and a metal recovery plant.