Ekapa

Name

Ekapa

Legal name

Ekapa Mining (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://ekapa.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Diamond extraction and sales: Ekapa generates revenue through mining and selling Kimberley SA diamonds. Ekapa Minerals (Pty) Ltd, established in 2004, handles processing, continued beneficiation, marketing, and international export/import of rough and polished diamonds. The mine was forced to file for liquidation in February 2026 following a mud-rush tragedy that killed five miners, citing a prolonged worldwide diamond market downturn.
2. Tailings Mineral Resource Reclamation: Re-mining tailings dumps from historical Kimberley diamond mining, processing the material through the Combined Treatment Plant (CTP), and recovering remaining diamond resources. The tailings programme simultaneously serves as an environmental rehabilitation mechanism — processed solids are backfilled into the De Beers pit.
3. Social and Labour Plan compliance infrastructure: Through its statutory Social and Labour Plan (SLP) obligations (2023-2027, approved March 2024), Ekapa commits R12 million to community infrastructure projects (e.g., Riverton Water Works Treatment Plant), which also maintains operational infrastructure supporting mine continuity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ekapa mines and processes Kimberley SA diamonds from two complementary sources: underground dry mining operations at the Joint Shaft, Wesselton, Bultfontein, and Du Toitspan shafts, and Tailings Mineral Resource (TMR) reclamation of historical dumps. Ore from both is processed through the Combined Treatment Plant (CTP), and rough and polished diamonds are exported internationally via the subsidiary Ekapa Minerals (Pty) Ltd. The company also runs an integrated 140-year environmental rehabilitation programme that backfills processed tailings into the mined-out De Beers pit.

Product overview

Ekapa is a diamond mining company operating both tailings mineral resource reclamation and underground mining operations. The company comprises five business units: Joint Shaft, Wesselton, Combined Treatment Plant (CTP), Surface Mining and Services and Support. The primary products include Kimberley SA Diamonds extracted through two operational methods: tailings reclamation (re-mining old dumps and backfilling depleted pits) and underground dry mining with cave methods. The Combined Treatment Plant processes ore from all mining operations for diamond recovery. All Kimberley SA diamonds are marketed as sustainably environmentally friendly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kimberley SA Diamonds

Quantifiable outcome

• Rehabilitation of over 140 years of environmental damage from Kimberley diamond mining
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sol Plaatje MunicipalitycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 April 2024Ekapa partnered with Sol Plaatje Municipality to address Kimberley's ongoing water supply crisis, committing R12 million through its Social and Labour Plan (2023-2027) for repairs and upgrades to the Riverton Water Purification Plant clarifiers. Ekapa staff joined repair and refurbishment efforts at the plant. The SLP was approved by the Department of Minerals Resources and Energy on 19 March 2024.
• GWK and MomentumminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Ekapa partnered with GWK and Momentum to support cricket in the Northern Cape, providing top-level specialist coaching to schools and communities in Kimberley. Schools receiving coaching committed to keeping adjacent communities clean and neat.
• DIY stores in KimberleyminorOthers · 1 October 2021Ekapa arranged with a DIY store in Kimberley to collect sawdust (a byproduct) free of charge for use as oil spill absorbent and rehabilitation mulch. This arrangement reduced the DIY store's transport costs while providing Ekapa with a useful product.
• Kimberley Equestrian ClubminorOthers · 1 October 2021Horse manure from the Kimberley Equestrian Club is collected by Ekapa and blended with sawdust to create mulch for mine rehabilitation purposes, particularly for FRD dam sidewalls.
• GWKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2021Ekapa and Northern Cape-based agribusiness GWK established a R2 million emergency crisis fund for Northern Cape veldfire relief in September 2021. The collaboration was implemented through GWK's existing 'Just One Drop' initiative (originally started to support drought-affected farmers) and coordinated by Agri Northern Cape. GWK CEO Jahn Hohne approached GWK to initiate the partnership, combining Ekapa's community investment with GWK's agricultural network.
• Agri Northern Cape (Agri Northern Cape Foundation)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 30 September 2021Agri Northern Cape served as the implementation agency for the R2 million veldfire relief fund established by Ekapa and GWK. The Agri Northern Cape Foundation, a non-profit company with Article 18A certification, handled disaster relief implementation and fundraising. Ekapa and GWK coordinated relief through this body.
• Kimberley Veterinary ClinicminorOthers · 1 January 2021Kimberley Veterinary Clinic and Dr. Donovan Smith provided veterinary treatment for an injured Lesser Flamingo rescued from Kamfers Dam by Ekapa's environmental specialist in June 2022. The flamingo received a month of rehabilitation before being released back to Kamfers Dam.
• Sol Plaatje UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Ekapa partnered with Sol Plaatje University (SPU) to educate biologists of the future. Two postgraduate students from SPU conducted research projects with guidance from SPU and the Ekapa Environmental department, with practical work facilitated on Rooifontein and mining areas.
• Dronfield Game Farm and Nature ReserveminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Dronfield Game Farm, known for its White-backed Vulture population, partners with Ekapa Minerals for annual vulture monitoring and ringing activities (since 2019). Conservationists and international participants gather yearly to ring and measure young vultures from the breeding season, contributing data to track bird movements and population age.
• BirdLife South AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Ekapa has been supporting BirdLife South Africa's Science and Innovation Programme since 2017, with the primary focus on conservation of threatened birds and their habitats in the Northern Cape. The partnership includes multiple projects: conservation modelling, vulture monitoring, secretary bird tracking, flamingo conservation, and Rooifontein property management. Ekapa funds ground-breaking bird research after the 2021 veldfires through BirdLife South Africa.
• Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature ConservationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Ekapa collaborated with the Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature Conservation to build the artificial flamingo breeding island in Kamfers Dam in 2006. The breeding ground was designed and constructed by Ekapa as the primary sponsor to provide a safe haven free from poaching and human disturbance for the Lesser Flamingo.
• Save the Flamingo Association (StFA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Ekapa is a founding member and primary sponsor of the Save the Flamingo Association (StFA), established to contribute to the Lesser Flamingo's global conservation through advocacy, monitoring, and conservation measures at Kamfers Dam. Ekapa was the designer, constructor, and primary sponsor of the artificial breeding island.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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