Lanxess Newcastle

Opened in 1999, LANXESS production
plant in Newcastle is specialized in the
production of chrome chemicals.
Situated in the Kwazulu-Natal
midlands, it is strategically placed
midway between the chrome ore supplier, Rustenburg Chrome Mine,
and South Africa’s largest container
port Durban for easy export of
finished product to customers
throughout the world. This plant
essentially produces sodium dichromate which is used in the
manufacture of chrome tanning salts,
pigment, and a number of other
products The plant also converts
some of the dosium dichromate into
chromic acid which is used in the metal finishing (electroplating) industry. The plant is the world’s most modern
chrome chemicals plant and employs
advanced technologies in the
production of sodium dichromate that
minimize raw material input and waste
streams. At the same time, it is the world’s only facility for the electrolytic
production of chromic acid that
generates neither liquid nor solid
waste products. LANXESS CISA has the distinction of
being the first LANXESS acquisition
which was finalized in 2007. The
company’s name was changed from
Chrome International South Africa
(Pty) Ltd to LANXESS CISA (Pty) Ltd.