Trade union Solidarity says the time is ripe for negotiations for an appropriate Eskom power tariff that can keep the ferrochrome industry afloat while benefitting other parties. Although this willingness to negotiate is welcomed, and retrenchments at Glencore-Merafe’s and Samancor’s smelters have been postponed as a result, retrenchments have not yet been finally averted, Solidarity deputy general secretary Willie Venter notes.
