SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
With global investment in Africa’s mining sector having dipped in recent years, industry players, governments and communities must work together to restore investor confidence in a region with massive mineral potential. Strengthening mining value chains to maximise Africa’s mineral resources By: Seelan Gobalsamy, CEO of the Omnia Group
This year’s Mining Indaba once again reinforced for BME that successful mining in Africa increasingly depends on the quality of technology providers and supply partners.
O ne of the clearest messages from this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba was that Africa’s mining challenge is no longer about resource availability but rather about execution. While the continent has abundant reserves, capital follows certainty, aligned infrastructure and credible partners – which form the pillars of effective execution. What stood out for us particularly at the Indaba is that mining strategies that are disconnected from infrastructure realities are becoming unviable. Where energy, rail, ports and industrial zones are aligned, mining and beneficiation follow. Where they are not, value continues to leak offshore. This is the context in which we understand our role as BME, a division of the Omnia Group. Through our growing presence in Africa – where we supply high-quality, precision blasting and metallurgical solutions – we help to enable this critical alignment. We do this by combining technical capability, local presence and long-term partnerships that support sustainable mining outcomes
across the continent.
BME’s evolving role We believe mining in Africa is moving away from a volume-driven growth model to one focused on quality, resilience and integrated value chains. By offering the same high level of blast quality anywhere in Africa, we help customers drive down production unit costs with our customised solutions. Strong supply chains – ensuring streamlined mining operations – are also a vital aspect of the relationships we have built as a strategic partner to our African mining customers. Our embracing of new technology applications, including artificial intelligence, means that we are driving more collaboration with technology companies. This is positioning the company to support customers’ efforts to better control and monitor their blasting and mineral processing activities. Customers’ strategic partnerships with BME also contribute to their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals,
32 MODERN MINING www.modernminingmagazine.co.za | May 2026
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