Horizontal Count on Afrimat
Afrimat was originally a construction company which specialised in the supply of what are known as “aggregates” to the road-building industry. With the collapse of the construction industry following the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Afrimat set about re-inventing itself to become a mining company.
The decision to rely less on the road-building industry has paid handsome dividends. It began with the acquisition of the Demaneng iron ore mine in the Northern Cape. More recently (on 8th April 2019) it announced that it had put in a firm offer to buy Universal Coal Plc., a company listed in Australia but which has operations in South Africa. Afrimat has offered R2,1bn for the business which mainly supplies coal to Eskom through contracts valid until 2023. Read More