Murray and Roberts (MUR) is a large South African construction company that has faced significant challenges over the years, including the sub-prime crisis and a slump in construction spending following the 2010 World Cup. These issues caused the share price to fall from a double-top formation around R100 per share to a low below R5 in May 2020. The company has...
This is a ferrochrome operation controlled by Glencore, which operates mines, furnaces, and smelters in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The Glencore-Merafe joint venture can produce up to 2.3 million tons of ferrochrome per annum. Merafe gets 20.5% of the proceeds, and the balance goes to Glencore. The problem is electricity supply, because smelters require huge amounts...
Previously known as "Go Life International" (GLI), Numeral is a company listed in Mauritius with a secondary listing on the JSE's Alt-X market. The company operates in the "nutraceuticals" sector, focusing on products associated with alternative medicine. These products are not pharmaceuticals but claim to provide health benefits. Numeral was established to...
Richemont (CFR) is the world's second-largest supplier of luxury goods, controlled by the Rupert family in Stellenbosch. Its sales are entirely overseas, making it an excellent rand-hedge. The company owns a prestigious portfolio of luxury brands, including Mont Blanc, Cartier, Lancel, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Van Cleef, and Piaget. Richemont has successfully expanded...
PPC is a leading manufacturer and supplier of cement, aggregates, ready-mix, lime, limestone, and fly-ash in Africa. The company operates eleven cement factories located in South Africa, Botswana, the DRC, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, and Ethiopia, with a combined production capacity of 11.5 million tons. It produces aggregates at its Mooiplaas quarry in Gauteng, the largest...
Cartrack was restructured into a new international listing under the name Karooooo (KRO) on 21st April 2021. The company operates in the vehicle recovery, insurance, telematics, and fleet management sectors across 24 countries. With a 92% recovery rate, Karooooo claims to lead the industry. The company has shown remarkable organic growth, with its subscriber base...
Jubilee Metals Group (JBL) is a diversified metals recovery company that re-processes mine waste and surface materials. It is listed on both the London AIM market and the JSE's Alt-X. The company operates in South Africa, the UK, Madagascar, and Australia, and is involved in a joint venture in Zambia to produce lead, zinc, and vanadium. Its primary products are...
Northam (NPH) is a fully empowered platinum mining company operating in the Bushveld Complex. In the current difficult legislative environment, where the third mining charter is regarded as unfriendly from an investment point of view, Northam stands out as the only mining house actively acquiring new properties. It has come to an arrangement with Anglo American to...
Tharisa (THA) is a mining company that mines and beneficiates platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome. The company is listed in London and on the JSE. The Tharisa mine on the south-west limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is an open-pit operation with an estimated life of 17 years. The company owns a subsidiary, Arxo Metals, which beneficiates chrome to...
Reinet (RNI) is an investment holding company whose main asset is a holding of roughly 2,12% of British American Tobacco (BAT) worth about $1,8bn, which now accounts for 31% of its net asset value (NAV)—down from 85% ten years ago. This decline from a year ago is because the price of BAT shares has fallen. Most of this reflects the more difficult legal environment...
Bell (BEL) is a manufacturer and distributor of heavy equipment, earth-moving equipment to the mining, construction, agriculture, and waste management industries. As such, it has been directly impacted by the slowdown in construction since 2008 and the collapse of the mining industry. Bell's articulated dump trucks are exported worldwide from South Africa and...
The Gemfields Group (GML) (previously Palinghurst Group) is a mining group that has two major projects: (1) Kagem, the world's largest producer of emeralds (in Zambia) and rubies (at Montepuez in Mozambique); (2) Jupiter Mines, a South African producer of manganese. The group is led by Brian Gilbertson, previously the CEO of BHP Billiton. Gilbertson identified...
Kibo (KBO) is an African-oriented energy exploration company listed on the AIM (Alternative Investment Market) of the London Stock Exchange and on the Alt-X (Alternative Exchange) of the JSE. The company began exploration activities in Tanzania, holding 100% of the Mbeya project in coal and other minerals, which has been disappointing. It has since expanded to...
Labat (LAB) is a 57% black-owned investment holding company which listed on the JSE in 1999. The company buys and improves subsidiaries and then sells them for a profit. At the moment, Labat has two operations - South African Micro-Electronic Systems (SAMES) and Labat Logistics. On 14th April 2020, the company announced that it had acquired 70% of Biodata, an...
Grindrod (GND) is an international freight and financial services company which operates in twenty-eight countries. In mid-June 2018, Grindrod unbundled and separately listed its loss-making shipping division (Grinship - GSH). This accounts for the "cliff" in the share price at that time. The company is now focused on its two remaining divisions - freight and...
Nepi-Rockcastle (NRP) is a R124bn real estate investment trust (REIT) which operates more than 56 shopping malls in 9 central and eastern European countries, mostly in Poland (24%), Romania (35%), Slovakia (9%), Bulgaria (8%), Croatia (5%), and Hungary (11%). The share fell with the rest of the Resilient group (as a result of the 360ne report in January 2018)...
Marshall (MMP) says the following about their business: "Based in the UK, with strategically located offices globally, Marshall Monteagle PLC is a diversified investment holding company. The company provides procurement, logistics, and trading in various hard and soft commodities, industrial raw materials, consumer food and non-food products. Other non-operational...
Labat (LAB) is a 57% black-owned investment holding company which listed on the JSE in 1999. The company buys and improves subsidiaries and then sells them for a profit. At the moment, Labat has two operations - South African Micro-Electronic Systems (SAMES) and Labat Logistics. On 14th April 2020, the company announced that it had acquired 70% of Biodata, an...