KUMBA IRON ORE ANNUAL REPORT 2006

Glossary of terms and acronyms

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