Annual report search Group in brief Values Business objectives Highlights Comparable key ratios Group shareholder structure Group at a glance Geographical locations Creating value Group review at a glance Summary of business operations Approach to sustainable development         Summary of business operations                           12 months ended 31 December   000 tonnes   2007    2006 2005 2004 2003 COAL               Coking coal               Production               Grootegeluk   2 499    2 133 1 859 1 972 1 781 Tshikondeni   463    363 414 437 381 Total   2 962    2 496 2 273 2 409 2 162 Power station coal (Eskom)               Production1               Grootegeluk   14 510    14 268 14 060 14 017 13 869 Leeuwpan   956    921 513 366   Matla1   13 030    13 613       Arnot1   3 702    3 985       New Clydesdale1   156    331       North Block Complex1   1 892    1 481       Total   34 246    34 599 14 573 14 383 13 869 Steam coal               Production   4 112    4 665 2 993 2 652 2 933 Grootegeluk   1 486    1 585 1 551 1 403 1 323 Leeuwpan   1 421    1 504 1 442 1 249 1 610 New Clydesdale1   814    1 107       North Block Complex1   391    469       Total coal production   41 320    41 760 19 839 19 444 18 964 MINERAL SANDS - SOUTH AFRICA               Production               – Ilmenite   367    319 356 262 176 – Zircon   34    50 47 49 50 – Rutile   17    25 23 20 17 – Pig iron   90    75 89 63 25 – Scrap pig iron   20    10 8 5 6 – Chloride slag   150    134 134 96 27 – Sulphate slag   26    36 30 40 20               12 months ended 31 December   000 tonnes   2007     2006 2005 2004 2003 MINERAL SANDS – AUSTRALIA2               Production               – Ilmenite   216     227 220 236 217 – Zircon   36     36 35 38 40 – Rutile   17     18 16 18 17 – Synthetic rutile   100     98 111 112 97 – Leucoxene   16     14 12 11 16 – Pigment   54     54 53 53 48 BASE METALS               Production               Rosh Pinah (zinc concentrate)   95     104 126 124 108 Zincor (zinc metal)   101     90 102 104 111 Zincor (sulphuric acid)   147     142 168 169 173 Chifeng (zinc metal)3   23     16 15 12 3 Rosh Pinah (lead concentrate)   22     21 25 27 31 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS               Glen Douglas               Production               Metallurgical dolomite   543     661 689 653 668 Aggregate   749     672 666 705 579 Lime   54     59 26 73 76 FerroAlloys               Production               Atomised ferrosilicon   6     6 6 6 5 IRON ORE               Production               Sishen4   5 946     5 738 28 458 27 609 27 110 Thabazimbi4   535     484 2 529 2 503 2 484 Total   6 481     6 222 30 987 30 112 29 594 1 Physical information includes Eyesizwe Coal mines for 12 months in 2006 even though only acquired effective 1 November 2006. 2 Physical information refl ects Exxaro Australia Sands’ 50% interest in the Tiwest joint venture with Tronox Incorporated, Western  Australia. 3 Physical information represents the effective interest in Chifeng (Hongye) refi nery. 4 Physical information for 2006 and 2007 refl ects Exxaro’s 20% interest in SI0C.                     back to top