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The miners shaping Africa

Where each company is listed, what it digs, where it operates — and every story we have written about it.

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JSE: ARIDiversifiedAfrican Rainbow MineralsDiversified South African mining group founded in 2003 by Patrice Motsepe through a merger of his mining interests, making him one of the first black industrialists to control a major JSE-listed miner. Motsepe remains its non-executive chairman.Sandton3 stories
JSE: AFTDiversifiedAfrimatDiversified South African materials and mining group founded in 2006 and listed on the JSE. It has expanded from construction aggregates into bulk commodities such as iron ore and manganese through a series of acquisitions.Bellville
TSXV: AFMDiversifiedAlphamin ResourcesTin miner headquartered in Mauritius and dual-listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and JSE AltX. Its Bisie mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo hosts some of the world's highest-grade tin deposits.Grand Baie2 stories
LSE: AALDiversifiedAnglo AmericanLondon-headquartered diversified miner that traces its roots to Johannesburg, where Ernest Oppenheimer founded the Anglo American Corporation in 1917. After demerging its platinum business as Valterra Platinum in 2025 and agreeing to sell its steelmaking coal unit, the group is reshaping itself around copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients while preparing to merge with Teck Resources to form Anglo Teck.London8 stories
DiversifiedEurasian Resources GroupPrivately held mining and metals group formed in December 2013 when its founders and the Kazakh state took Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation private, delisting it from the London and Kazakhstan stock exchanges. Kazakhstan retains a 40% shareholding alongside the founding Ibragimov, Mashkevitch and Chodiev families.Luxembourg City3 stories
LSE: GLENDiversifiedGlencoreAnglo-Swiss commodity trader and miner listed in London and Johannesburg, and a member of the FTSE 100. Its industrial mining division spans copper, cobalt, zinc, nickel, coal and ferroalloys, complementing one of the world's largest physical commodity marketing businesses.Baar14 stories
LSE: KMRDiversifiedKenmare ResourcesIrish mineral sands producer founded in 1972 and headquartered in Dublin, primary-listed on the London Stock Exchange with a secondary listing on Euronext Dublin. It is the world's fourth-largest producer of titanium feedstocks.Dublin2 stories
LSE: KRPZDiversifiedKropzAIM-listed phosphate developer incorporated in 2018 and based in Hitchin, England, focused on rock phosphate projects in Africa. Its main shareholder and offtake partner is Norway's Yara International.Hitchin
CSE: MNGDiversifiedManagemMoroccan mining group founded in 1930, part of the royal holding company Al Mada, that extracts and markets base metals, precious metals and cobalt across Africa. It is listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.Casablanca4 stories
DiversifiedOCP GroupMoroccan state-owned phosphate miner and fertiliser producer founded in 1920 as the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. Morocco's state holds 94.12% of the company, which controls more than 70% of the world's phosphate rock reserves.Casablanca2 stories
LSE: RIODiversifiedRio TintoBritish-Australian mining group founded in 1873 that operates as a dual-listed company across London and Melbourne. It is one of the world's largest diversified miners, producing iron ore, aluminium, copper and lithium.London3 stories
ASX: S32DiversifiedSouth32Diversified miner spun out of BHP Billiton on 18 May 2015 to house a portfolio of aluminium, manganese, coal and base-metal assets. It is listed in Perth with secondary listings in Johannesburg and London.Perth2 stories