{"id":23176,"date":"2026-02-19T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=23176"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:10:13","slug":"kumba-delivers-resilient-results-declares-r32-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=23176","title":{"rendered":"Kumba delivers resilient results, declares R32 dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Kumba Iron Ore reported a solid performance for the year ended 31 December 2025, supported by higher realised prices, marginal sales growth and disciplined capital allocation amid an uncertain global trade environment.<\/p>\n<p>The group declared a final cash dividend of R15.43 per share, taking the total dividend for the year to R32.03 per share.<\/p>\n<p>Listen: An improving Transnet boosts Kumba \u2026 but demand still a worry<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) reached R31.9 billion, with an Ebitda margin of 46% \u2013 up from 41% \u2013 while attributable free cash flow came in at R12 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Closing net cash stood at R14.9 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Kumba achieved an average realised free-on-board export price of $95 (R1\u00a0524) per wet metric tonne, 12% above the benchmark, and reported cost savings of R673 million, bringing cumulative savings since 2024 to R5.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Return on capital employed improved to 46%, also up from 41%.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Mpumi Zikalala says the group created R58 billion of \u201cenduring value in 2025\u201d benefiting all its stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>On safety and sustainability, operations at Sishen remained fatality-free for more than nine years and Kolomela for two years, while freshwater withdrawals declined by 4% to 6 971 megalitres.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Anglo\u2019s South African iron ore unit says rail snags stabilise<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Kumba #delivers #resilient #results #declares #R32 #dividend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumba Iron Ore reported a soli&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[9414,2640,186,13655,13656,4742,622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}