Anglo American plc |
Anglo American plc (registration number 3564138), a public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of England and Wales, the ordinary shares of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange plc (primary listing), the JSE, the SWX Swiss Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange and the Namibian Stock Exchange. Anglo American plc is the majority shareholder in Kumba Iron Ore (64,1 percent) |
Anglo American plc group |
Anglo American plc and all of its subsidiaries whether direct or indirect |
Arcelor Mittal |
Mittal Steel Company N.V. (NYSE: MT). Also see Mittal |
Articles |
The articles of association of Kumba Iron Ore Limited |
Basic Conditions of Employment Act (1997) |
To give effect to the right to fair labour practices referred to in section 23(1) of the Constitution by establishing and making provision for the regulation of basic conditions of employment; and thereby to comply with the obligations of the Republic as a member state of the International Labour Organisation; and to provide for matters connected therewith |
BEE |
Black economic empowerment |
Broad-based Socio-economic Charter for the Mining Industry |
The Mining Charter provides for HDSA empowerment in South African mining industry in accordance with the objectives of the MRDPA |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Comprise cash on hand and current accounts in bank, net of bank overdrafts together with any highly liquid investments readily convertible to known amounts of cash and not subject to significant risk of changes in value |
CEO |
Chief executive officer |
CFO |
Chief financial officer |
CGU |
Cash generating unit |
CGT |
Capital gains tax |
CIS |
Commonwealth of independent states |
Computershare or transfer secretaries |
Computershare Investor Services 2004 (Pty) Limited (registration number 2004/003647/07, a private company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa and the transfer secretaries and registrar of Kumba Iron Ore |
Companies Act |
The Companies Act, No 61 of 1973, as amended |
CSD |
Central securities depository |
CVRD |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce |
DME |
Department of Minerals and Energy |
DMS |
Dense Medium Separation |
EBIT |
Net operating profit before interest and tax |
EBITDA |
Net operating profit before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation |
Employment Equity Act (1998) |
Applies to all employers and workers and protects workers and job seekers from unfair discrimination, and also provides a framework for implementing affirmative action |
EMPR |
Environmental management programme report |
Basic earnings basis |
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year |
Headline earnings basis |
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders adjusted for profits and losses on items of a capital nature recognising the taxation and minority impacts on these adjustments divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year |
Diluted earnings basis |
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year increased by the number of additional ordinary shares that would have been outstanding assuming the conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares |
Euro or € |
The currency of the Euro zone countries |
Exchange Control |
The Exchange Control Department of the South African Reserve Bank |
Exchange Control Regulations |
Exchange Control Regulations, 1961, as amended, promulgated in terms of section 9 of the Currency and Exchanges Act, No 9 of 1933 |
Exxaro |
The former Kumba Resources Limited. Its name was changed to Exxaro Resources Limited in November 2006, following the listing of Kumba Iron Ore Limited on the JSE |
Fe |
Iron |
FECs |
Forward exchange contracts |
FIFR |
Fatal injury frequency rate – number of deaths per million man hours worked |
FOB |
Free on board |
GRI |
Global Reporting Initiative |
HDSA |
Historically disadvantaged South African, being any natural person, a category or community of persons, an unincorporated entity or association, a trust, a company or a corporate entity (other than a trust) disadvantaged in law by unfair discrimination before the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, No 200 of 1993, came into operation |
IDC |
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (registration number 1940/014201/06), a body corporate created under section 2 of the Industrial Development Act, No 22 of 1940 |
Income Tax Act |
The Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962, as amended |
IRM |
Integrated risk management |
Iscor |
Iscor Limited – refer to the definition of Mittal Steel below |
ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
ISO 9001 |
A family of ISO (the International Organisation for Standardisation) standards for quality management systems |
ISO 14000/14001 |
Environmental standards issued by the International Standards Organisation – to implement sound environmental management systems |
JSE |
The JSE Limited (registration number 2005/022939/06), a public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa, licensed as an exchange under the Securities Services Act, No 36 of 2004 |
King II |
The King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2002 |
Kumba International BV |
Kumba International BV (registration number 34218341), an unlisted public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of the Netherlands and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SIOC |
Kumba Iron Ore or the company |
Kumba Iron Ore Limited (formerly Vicva 177 (Pty) Limited) (registration number 2005/015852/06), a public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa |
Kumba Iron Ore board or the board |
The board of directors of Kumba Iron Ore |
Kumba Iron Ore directors or the directors |
The directors of Kumba Iron Ore |
Kumba Iron Ore group or the group |
Kumba Iron Ore and all of its subsidiaries whether direct or indirect |
Kumba Iron Ore Scheme |
The Kumba Iron Ore Management Share Purchase and Option Scheme |
Kumba Iron Ore shareholders |
Holders of Kumba Iron Ore shares |
Kumba Iron Ore shares |
Ordinary shares having a par value of one cent each in the issued share capital of Kumba Iron Ore |
Kumba Resources |
Kumba Resources Limited (registration number 2000/011076/06), a public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa, the ordinary shares of which are listed on the JSE and which was renamed Exxaro |
Kumba Iron Ore Scheme |
The Kumba Iron Ore Management Share Purchase and Option Scheme |
Life of mine (LOM) |
The number of years that an operation is planning to mine and treat ore, taken from the current mine plan |
LTI |
Lost time injury |
LTIFR |
Lost time injury frequency rate, quoted in million man hours |
Mining Charter |
The Broad-based Socio-economic Empowerment Charter for the South African mining industry, developed under section 100 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 together with the Charter Scorecard, and any amended or replacement Mining Charter and/or Charter Scorecard from time to time |
MPRDA |
Mineral and Petroleum Resource Development Act 28 of 2002 |
Mittal |
Mittal Steel South Africa Limited (registration number 1989/002164/06), formerly Ispat Iscor, formerly Iscor, a public company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa, the ordinary shares of which are listed on the JSE |
Mt |
Million metric tonnes |
Mtpa |
Million metric tonnes per annum |
Net assets |
Total assets less current and non-current liabilities less minority interest which equates to ordinary shareholders’ equity |
NIHL |
Noise induced hearing loss |
Pangolin |
The name given to the project of unbundling Kumba Resources Limited into two separately listed companies |
Rand or R |
The currency of South Africa |
RC drilling |
Reverse cycle drilling |
Register |
The register of shareholders of Kumba Iron Ore |
ROM |
Run of mine |
SEP |
Sishen Expansion Project – SEP1 and SEP2 |
SIOC |
Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Limited (registration number 2000/011085/07), a private company duly registered and incorporated with limited liability in accordance with the company laws of South Africa and a subsidiary of Kumba Iron Ore |
SIOC Community Development Trust |
SIOC Community Development Trust, masters reference number IT10454/06, a trust established for the ultimate benefit of communities and community-based projects in the Northern Cape and Limpopo Provinces, and potentially in other areas in which SIOC conducts mining operations |
SIOC ESPS |
Two consecutive Employee Share Participation Schemes of five years each have been established for the benefit of participating employees of SIOC and whose beneficiaries will be mainly HDSAs. It is named Envision. |
SIOC ESPS Trust |
SIOC Employee Share Participation Scheme Trust, masters reference number it IT10288/06, a trust established for the purpose of holding SIOC shares for the benefit of participating employees |
SHE |
Safety, Health and Environmental |
South Africa |
The Republic of South Africa |
Stakeholder |
Any person or body with a direct or indirect interest in Kumba Iron Ore operations, or with the ability to affect Kumba Iron Ore operations, or who is required to be informed of our operations |
STC |
Standard tax on companies |
Subsidiary |
A subsidiary as defined in the Companies Act |
TIFR |
Total injury frequency rate |
UK |
United Kingdom |
US |
United States of America |
US$ |
The currency of the United States of America |
ZAR |
South African rand |