Who owns major South African mineral companies?

The website was extremely useful in tracking many of these companies and was the source of information for many for which I forgot to include links. (because it was just so easy!) It lists nation of origin, corporate headquarters, and other companies which own the organization being examined as well as any which the organization owns itself. Recommend filing for future use.

Unknown or Unsure

  • Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Brits, S. Africa and is 51% owned by Mitsubishi Corp. (Mbendi reports that it is 53.5% owned by Mitsubishi, not 51%) Oddly, Mitsubishi is listed as a South African company, not a Japanese company.
  • Davsteel Division is owned by Cape Gate Pty Ltd, which appears to be a South African company based in Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Inca Lime (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of Inca Mining (Pty) Ltd, whose website is closed and for which other detailed information is unavailable.
  • Fer-Min-Ore Ltd appears to be a South African company HW’d in Sandton, South Africa.
  • Silicon Smelters Pty Ltd appears to be a unit of a company called Ferroatlanticaa SL, a Spanish company HQ’d in Madrid. The hard document lists Anglo American plc, BHP Billiton, and Pechiney Mattalurgie as owners of Silicon Smelters but I was unable to find such references elsewhere.

Split Between Two Countries

  • Nkomati Joint Venture is 50% owned by African Rainbow Minerals Ltd (HQ’d in Johannesburg, South Africa) and 50% owned by LionOre Mining International, Ltd. (Canadian co. HQ’d in Toronto)
  • Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine is 50% owned by Anglo Platinum Ltd (UK company) and 50% by Royal Bafokeng Nation (S. African).
  • Modikwa Platinum Mine is 50% owned by Anglo Platinum (UK) and 50% by African rainbow Minerals. (S. African)
  • Richards Bay Minerals is 50% owned by Rio Tinto Plc (UK) and 50% by BHP Billiton Plc. (Australian)

Australia

  • BHP Billiton Aluminium South Africa is 100% owned by BHP Billiton Plc; Australian company headquartered in Melbourne.
  • Samancor Manganese Division is 54.6% owned by BHP Billiton Plc (Australian company headquartered in Melbourne), 28.9% owned by Anglo American plc (British company HQ’d in London), and 16.5% owned by assorted private owners.
  • Manganese Metal Co. Pty Ltd is 51% owned by BHP Billiton Plc, an Australian company based in Melbourne.
  • Everest South Platinum Mine is 50.5% owned by Aquarius Platinum (Australia) and 20% by Impala Platinum Holdings. (S. African)

Canada

  • Thistle Mining Inc. is a Canadian company HQ’d in Toronto.

China

  • ASA Metals (Pty) Ltd is HQ’d in Polokwane, South African and is 60% owned by the Chinese company Sinosteel Corporation HQ’d in Beijing (formerly known as Eastern Asia Metal Investments Co. Ltd) and 40% owned by Northern Province Development Corp. (S. African company HQ’d in Lebowakgomo)

France

  • Rhino Minerals (Pyt) Ltd is 100% owned by Imerys; French company which may be headquartered in Paris.
  • Samrec Pty. Ltd is 100% owned by Imerys.
  • Hoogenoeg Andalusites is a wholly owned subsidiary of French refractory clay and andalusite producer Damrec.
  • LaFarge South Africa Ltd is owned by LaFarge, a French company.

Germany

  • Bayer (Pty) Limited is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, Germany.

Netherlands

  • Anker Holdings BV is a Dutch company HQ’d in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Russia

  • Vametco Minerals Corp is HQ’d in Brits, South Africa and is 100% owned by Strategic Minerals Corp., an American company HW’d in Danbury, CN, USA, which is itself 73% owned by the Russian Evraz Group.

Spain

  • Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd is a Spanish company 76% owned by Acerinox SA. (another Spanish company HQ’d in Madrid), 14% owned by Anglo American plc (UK company in London), 12% by Highveld Steel and Vanadium company (ultimately owned by UK), 12% by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (South African), and 12% by Samancor Ltd. (which is ultimately owned by Australian company).

South Africa

  • Andalusite Resources (Pty) Ltd belongs to African Mineral Trading and Exploration (Pty) Ltd, which appears to be a South African company located in Johannesburg. It was previously known as HERNIC EXPLORATION COMPANY (PTY) LTD.
  • Consolidated Murchison ltd is wholly owned by Metorex Pty Ltd, which claims to be a mid-tier ‘independent’ mining company registered in South Africa. The Metorex Group head office is situated in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Pretoria Portland Cement Company (Pty) Ltd is 68% owned by Barloworld Trust Co. Ltd, a South African company based in Johannesburg.
  • Natal Portland Cement Company (Pty) Ltd is 98% owned by Cimentos de PortugalSGPS,S.A., a Portugese Company HQ’d in Lisbon.
  • Assmang Ltd is 50% owned by African Rainbow Minerals, Ltd (HQ’d in Johannesburg, South Africa) and 50% by Assore, Ltd (also HQ’d in Johannesburg, South Africa).
  • Dilokong Chrome Mine (Pty) Ltd is 100% owned by ASA Metals (Pty) Ltd, a South African company HQ’d in Polokwane.
  • Merafa Resources Ltd is a South African company which is HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • National Manganese Mines (Pty) Ltd appears to be a South African company HQ’d in the province of Northern Cape.
  • Sasol Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Kangra Group Pty Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Vryheid, South Africa. It is 25% owned by MCI Resources (S. Africa) and 40% owned by Shanduka Resources. (S. Africa)
  • Wakefield Investments (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of Shanduka Group, a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg, S. Africa.
  • Total Coal Holdings SA is South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Graspan Colliery is a South African company jointly owned by Investec Limited, Shanduka Group, and Peu Investment Group (all S. African companies) and HQ’d in Middelburg, S. Africa.
  • Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Witbank, S. Africa.
  • Lonmin Platinum is 73% owned by Lonmin plc (S. African company HQ’d in Johannesburg) and 27% owned by Impala Platinum Holdings (S. African company HQ’d in Johannesburg). Lonmin itself is also HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Impala Platinum Limited is 100% owned by Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd.
  • De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd is 29% owned by Anglo American plc. (British company HQ’d in London) De Beers is a South African company HQ’d in Swartwater, S. Africa.
  • Petra Diamonds Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Trans Hex Group Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Cape Town.
  • Witkop Fluorspar Mine (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of Sallies Ltd, a South African company HQ’d in Pretoria, S. Africa.
  • Vergenoeg Mining Corp. (Pty) Ltd is 70% owned by Metorex Pty Ltd, which claims to be a mid-tier ‘independent’ mining company registered in South Africaand HQ’d in Rosebank, and 30% owned by Minerales y Productos Derivados SA, a Spanish company HQ’d in Bilbao, Spain.
  • Van den Heever Fluorspar Works seems to be a South African company.
  • AngloGold Ashanti Ltd is 41.8% owned by Anglo American plc, a British company HQ’d in London. AngloGold itself is HQ’d in Johannesburg, S. Africa. [NOTE: Online source lists Anglo American as a 17.3% shareholder, not 41.8%)
  • Gold Fields Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg. It has eight minor shareholders, one of which is British. The rest are South African.
  • Western Areas Ltd is 50% owned by JCI Limited (previously known as JCI Gold; South African co. in Johannesburg) and 50% by Gold Fields Ltd. (S. African co. in Johannesburg)
  • Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd is a S. African co. in Randfontein. It has three S. African shareholders.
  • Freegold Joint Venture is 50% owned by Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd (S. African co. in Randfontein) and 50% owned by African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (S. African co. in Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Durban Roodeport Deep Ltd, also known as DRDGold Ltd, is a S. African Co. in Johannesburg.
  • Barberton Mines Ltd is 54% owned by Metorex Ltd (claims to be a mid-tier ‘independent’ mining company registered in South Africaand HQ’d in Rosebank) and 26% owned by Shanduka Resources (Pty) Ltd. (South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg, S. Africa)
  • Rand Refinery Ltd is 53% owned by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, 10% owned by DRDGold, 33% by Gold Fields Ltd, and 2% by Western Areas Ltd. (all S. African companies) Rand is HQ’d in Germiston, S. Africa.
  • Kumba Iron Ore Ltd is a S. African co. in Centurion, South Africa.
  • Merafe Resources Ltd is a S. African company HQ’d in Johannesburg, which is 33.2% owned by Royal BafoKeng Nation (a S. African co.) and 25.2% owned by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd., which is a self-financing and state owned company HQ’d in Sandown, South Africa.
  • Silicon Technology Pty Ltd. Is a South African company HQ’d in Newcastle, South Africa. (details are lacking)
  • Mittal Steel South Africa Ltd is a South African co. HQ’d in VanderbijlPark.
  • Cape Town Iron and Steel Works (Pty) Ltd is listed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Murray & Roberts, which is a South African Engineering and Contracting Group HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Duferco Steel Processing (Pty) Ltd is a South African company HQ’d in Saldanha, South Africa and is 50% owned by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.
  • PPC Lime Ltd is a subsidiary of Pretoria Portland Cement Company Ltd, a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Idwala Lime is a subsidiary of Idwala Industrial Holdings, a South African company which is 22% owned by Rand Merchant Bank (South African), 42% owned by Tiso Group (South African) and 10% owned by Tiso Private Equity Fund (South African).
  • Metmin is 100% owned by Metorex, a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Impala Platinum Ltd. is a South African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Lonmin plc is a S. African company HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Phosphate Development Corp. Ltd is 100% owned by Industrial Development Corp. (presumably of South Africa? There is another ‘Industrial Dev. Corp.’ of Zimbabwe. Both appear to be state owned.)
  • Northam Platinum Ltd is 22.5% owned by Anglo Platinum (UK), 21.9% owned by Mvelaphanda Resources Ltd. (S. Africa), and 63.4% by Mvela Exploration. (S. Africa)
  • Wonderstone Ltd is owned by Assore Ltd (a South African company previously known as AssociatedOre and Metals). Wonderstone itself is not listed in the directory.
  • G&W Base and Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd appears to be a South African company HW’d in Wadeville, South Africa.

Switzerland

  • Alfa Ltd is owned by Holcim Ltd, out of Switzerland.
  • Xstrata plc is a Swiss company HQ’d in Zug, Switzerland which is 20.5% owned by Merafe Resources Ltd, a South African company which is HQ’d in Johannesburg.

United Kingdom

  • Samancor Chrome Ltd is 100% owned by Kermas Group Ltd, a British company.
  • Anglo Coal Ltd is 100% owned by Anglo American Plc, is a large British company HQ’d in London with a immense list of interests and holdings.
  • Exxaro Resources Ltd is 67% owned by Anglo American Plc. (UK)
  • Ingwe Coal Corp. Ltd is 100% owned by BHP Billiton Plc, a British company HQ’d in London.
  • Zululand Anthracite Colliery is also 100% owned by BHP Billiton Plc.
  • Palabora Mining Co. Ltd is 57% owned by Rio Tinto Ltd (British company HQ’d in London) and 29% owned by Anglo American plc. (British company HQ’d in London) It is itself HQ’d in Phalaborwa, S. Africa.
  • Anglo American Platinum Corp. Ltd(now known as Anglo Platinum Ltd) is 74.1% owned by Anglo American plc, a British company.It is HQ’d in Johannesburg.
  • Black Mountain Mineral Development Co. is 100% owned by Anglo American plc, a British company HQ’d in London.
  • Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp., Ltd is 79% owned by Anglo American plc, a British company HQ’d in London.
  • Transalloys Division is 100% owned by Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp., which is itself 79% owned by Anglo American plc. (British co. HQ’d in London)
  • Scaw Metals Division is owned by Anglo American plc, a British company based in London.
  • Anglo Platinum Ltd (previously known as Anglo American Platinum Ltd) is 74% owned by Anglo American plc, a British co. HQ’
  • Kroondal Platinum Mines is 50% owned by Anglo Platinum Ltd (UK company) and 25.5% by Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (an Australian company that apparently has its offices in Bermuda).
  • Marikana Platinum Mine is 50% owned by Anglo Platinum (UK) and 20% by Aquarius Holdings (Australia).
  • Namakwa Sands Ltd is wholly owned by Anglo Operations, a subsidiary of Anglo American plc. (UK)
  • Transvaal Alloys Pty Ltd is wholly owned by Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp. (UK)
  • Zinc Corp. of South Africa Ltd is wholly owned by Exxaro Resources Ltd. (UK)

United States

  • Titan Processors is a subsidiary of Pinnacle Resources, Inc., which appears to be an American company based in Englewood,Colorado.