| 1951 |
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) founded Foskor in Phalaborwa |
| 1953 |
Foskor plant was commissioned |
| 1960 |
Foskor broke even for the first time |
| 1965 |
PMC began mining copper in Phalaborwa |
| 1976 |
A phosphoric acid and two sulphuric acid plants were commissioned by Triomf Kunsmis in Richards Bay |
| 1984 |
Triomf became Indian Ocean Fertiliser (IOF) |
| 1984 |
The granulation plant was commissioned in Richards Bay |
| 1987 |
Foskor acquired 30% shareholding of IOF |
| 1994 |
Foskor raised its IOF shareholding to 50% |
| 1997 |
Foskor acquired full ownership of IOF |
| 1999 |
Extension 8 commissioned in Phalaborwa with Loesche mill adding capacity of 4.4 million tons per annum |
| 2000 |
The Foskor group consisting of two operating divisions was formed |
| 2001 |
IOF became Foskor Richards Bay |
| 2002 |
Foskor Richards Bay doubled its phosphoric acid production capacity by building additional phosphoric and
sulphuric acid plants |
| 2002 |
Turbo generator with 26 MW electricity-producing capacity installed at Richards Bay |
| 2003 |
Foskor acquired a 5% share in Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (India) |
| 2004 |
Phalaborwa’s hauling capacity raised to 26 million tons per annum with 12 180-ton haul trucks |
| 2005 |
The Coromandel group (CFL) in India acquired a 2.5% stake in the Foskor group |
| 2005 |
Foskor entered into a Business Assistance Agreement with CFL |
| 2006 |
Foskor made a small profit after three successive years of losses |
| 2008 |
Foskor sold 51% of its Zirconia business to Carborundum Universal Limited, a CFL affiliate |
| 2008 |
CFL raised its stake in the Foskor group to 15% |
| 2008 |
The Sun International group (India) acquired a 1% stake in Foskor from CFL |
| 2010 |
BEE transaction concluded |
| 2010 |
First blast in South Pyroxenite Pit as Pyroxenite Expansion Project Phase I is completed |
