Non Ferrous Metal Works Group (NFM) is one of the major non-ferrous metallurgical undertakings in Southern Africa.

Established in 1947 and employing over 300 people, NFM is a family-owned business with its head office and production facilities situated just south of Durban, and sales centres located in all the major South African metros, including Durban, Cape Town, Gqeberha, East London, Johannesburg and Pretoria to provide fast and efficient service to all its customers in the industrial and non-industrial sector.

NFM’s primary activities include:

• Manufacture of semi-fabricated copper and copper alloyed products
• Trading of all non-ferrous products
• Trading of various niche commodities

Manufacturing 

• The NFM Extrusion Division was established in 1966 and today is one of the largest and most diverse extruders of copper and brass alloys, and manufacturers of wrought copper, brass and bronze in South Africa, and is ideally situated within easy access to port as well as road transport routes. 
• NFM’s facility has ample capacity to extrude and supply wrought copper, brass and bronze alloys in a variety of shapes, sizes and tempers to meet domestic range requirements.
• NFM’s production facilities are ISO9001-accredited and all its products meet the requirements of the following international standards: ASTM, DIN, EN, BS, SANS, Jish and Chinese Standards T1 an T2.

Product

The two primary copper designations are C102 Oxygen-Free Copper - high purity copper with 101% IACS conductivity, ideal for high performance electrical and thermal applications; and C110 ETP Copper - Electrolytic Tough Pitch Copper.

NFM’s products include bus tubes, bus bars, profiles, copper rods that are used in various applications such as power distribution, Earthing products, electro rail, electrical contact applications and anodes for electrowinning in copper mining applications.

NFM’s major focus on electrowinning hanger bar anodes ensures that the ultimate tensile strength requirements are achieved to ensure that the anodes are secure during the electrowinning process. Mould design is carefully reviewed in line with the hanger bar shape to ensure that the mould can completely seal when the lead is cast over the copper hanger bar. 

Its production team have many years of non-ferrous casting and extrusion experience and would be happy to discuss its customer’s unique requirements, as well as define its capabilities in order to meet and exceed customer expectations.