Tharisa, the mining, metals, and innovation company dual-listed on the Johannesburg and London stock exchanges, has secured new trade finance facilities, from its existing bankers, designed to provide greater flexibility, improve working capital efficiency, and enhance the group's global trading capabilities. Arxo Resources Limited, the wholly owned trading subsidiary of Tharisa, which traded about 1.5-million tons of chrome concentrates in its financial year ended September 30, has negotiated improved unsecured, revolving trade finance facilities, with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited providing $30-million and Absa, acting through its Corporate & Investment Banking division, providing $15-million with an accordion of $15-million.