SACC is one of Eskom's largest customers as it takes about 3,5MW of electricity to make a ton of calcium carbide used in the desulphurisation of steel and in the production of acetylene, a product that is mostly used for welding.
According to Claudio Siracusano electricity costs account for the bulk of the production costs of calcium carbide and without erecting its own power plant the company will face continued surges in production-related costs.
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