SPH Kundalila

What SPH Kundalila does

SPH Kundalila is a South African open-cast mining and surface materials handling contractor founded in 1969 in Saldanha Bay and operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raubex Group within the Raubex Materials division. The company provides turnkey mining solutions to major South African mining houses across gold, platinum, iron ore, and base metals sectors, with a service portfolio comprising open-cast mining, crushing and screening (40 mobile plants processing ~2M tonnes/month), loading and hauling (4M+ tonnes/month), haul road construction, rehabilitation services, plant hire, and aggregates production from owned quarries. Its client roster includes multi-decade enterprise relationships with Goldfields (40 years), Kumba Iron Ore (45 years), Black Mountain Mine (48 years), Arcelor Mittal SA, Assmang, Sibanye Stillwater, and Sedibelo Platinum Mines, supported by approximately 1,000 staff across branches from Lephalale and Steelpoort to Cape Town.

The business model is enterprise field sales-driven, securing work through tender processes and direct engagement with mine operators and procurement officers, with revenue generated through long-term contract mining and managed plant hire arrangements. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, typically structured per tonne of material handled. Technical differentiation rests on capital intensity (the largest CAT 950 Loaders fleet in the Southern Hemisphere), an in-house rebuild workshop at Potchefstroom headquarters that extends equipment lifecycles to 30,000-50,000 hours, and 24/7 centralized fleet tracking from a control room. The company is a member of ASPASA, maintains alignment with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards, and has expanded via the 2018 acquisition of Forte Demolition Solutions and an equity stake in a Namibia tantalum mine prospect.

Name

SPH Kundalila

Legal name

SPH Kundalila PTY Ltd

Website

https://sphkundalila.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SPH Kundalila is a South African open-cast mining and surface materials handling contractor serving mining houses with crushing, screening, loading, hauling, and rehabilitation services via a ~1,000-person operation across multiple commodity segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Mining Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114), Support Activities for Mining (213), Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Crushing, Screening & Materials Handling (In-Pit/ROM, Conveying, Stockpiling) (IMAKAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Surface Mine Development & Pre-Strip (Earthworks, Overburden Removal, Haul Roads) (IMAKAOAD), Mine Infrastructure & Utilities EPC (Power, Water, Comms, Camps, Roads, Airstrips) (IMAKAOAB)

Keywords

• Contract mining services
• Surface materials handling
• Crushing and screening
• Plant hire equipment
• Aggregates quarrying

Headquarters

HQ city

Cape Town

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract Mining Services: SPH Kundalila provides comprehensive open-cast mining and surface materials handling solutions to mining houses. Revenue is generated through long-term service contracts for open cast mining, crushing, screening, loading, hauling, and rehabilitation services. The company assumes capital burden for equipment fleet while clients pay for services delivered.
2. Plant Hire: Equipment rental services providing the SPH fleet of earthmoving, surface mining solutions and related equipment to mining companies. Equipment is maintained and ready for duty, provided on contract basis.
3. Aggregates and Quarrying: Owns quarries and sand mines producing aggregate products for road and house building, as well as agricultural lime supply. Part of Raubex Materials division following partnership with Raubex Group in 2001.
4. Demolition Services: Through subsidiary Forte Demolition Solutions (acquired 2018), provides specialised demolition and registered asbestos abatement services across petrochemical, mining, food manufacturing, civil, power and government sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SPH Kundalila provides turnkey surface materials handling and contract mining services to mining houses across South Africa. Core offerings include open cast mining, mobile crushing and screening, loading and hauling, haul road construction, rehabilitation, and plant hire, all delivered using an extensive fleet of earthmoving equipment supplemented by aggregate production from owned quarries and demolition services through subsidiary Forte Demolition Solutions.

Product overview

SPH Kundalila offers a comprehensive suite of surface materials handling solutions for mining operations across Africa. The company operates as a single integrated service platform comprising six core service lines: Open Cast Mining, Crushing and Screening (operating 40 mobile plants processing 2 million tonnes monthly), Loading and Hauling (4+ million tonnes monthly), Haul Road Construction, Rehabilitation Services, and Plant Hire. The company also operates Aggregates production through owned quarries and a sand mine, and provides specialized demolition services through its 2018 acquisition of Forte Demolition Solutions. Services are delivered using an extensive fleet of earthmoving equipment including CAT loaders, with the company managing the biggest CAT 950 Loaders fleet in the Southern hemisphere.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Cast Mining Comprehensive open-cast mining solutions covering planning, execution, and large-scale excavation for mining houses, with focus on safety and environmental standards.
• Crushing and Screening Mobile and fixed crushing and screening solutions processing approximately 2,000,000 tonnes of material each month using 40 major mobile screening plants nationwide.
• Loading and Hauling Material handling services managing over 4 million tonnes per month of gold, platinum, zinc, sand, and aggregate materials, monitored via 24/7 tracking from a centralised control room.
• Haul Road Construction

Quantifiable outcome

• 59% more profit for clients when using higher-performing contractor vs lower-rate contractor (illustrative example in cost-per-ton analysis)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Forte Demolition SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018SPH acquired Forte Demolition Solutions in 2018 to honor commitment of providing turnkey solutions. Forte is a specialised demolition and registered asbestos abatement company which has successfully completed significant turnkey projects across petrochemical, mining, food manufacturing, civil, power and government sectors.
• Raubex GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001In 2001, SPH partnered with Raubex Group and ventured into the aggregates quarrying market. Now forming part of the Raubex Materials division, SPH owns two quarries and a sand mine to produce aggregate products. The partnership enables SPH to offer comprehensive turnkey services using both screening and crushing equipment alongside an extensive fleet of earthmoving machinery.
• Aggregate and Sand Producers Association (ASPASA)coreOthersProud member of ASPASA. SPH Kundalila undergoes annual safety and environmental audits through ASPASA which align with ISO45001 and ISO14001 standards. ASPASA membership ensures compliance with international occupational standards and meets DMRE and DOL requirements.
• Namibia Tantalum Mine Prospect (Listed Entity)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPH Kundalila is the largest shareholder in a listed entity establishing a tantalum mine in southern Namibia. Expected reserves of 1.3 million tonnes of tantalum, with additional lithium, nickel, platinum and gold deposits.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Master Drilling: South Africa-based specialised mining services contractor focused on drilling, raiseboring, and shaft sinking for major mining houses. Directly comparable to SPH in serving the same Tier-1 mining customers (gold, platinum, iron ore) with contract-based outsourced mining services across Southern Africa.
• Afrimat: JSE-listed South African industrial minerals, aggregates, and contracting group that combines quarrying (aggregates, concrete) with contract mining services. Highly comparable given its dual focus on mining materials supply and contract crushing/mining services, operating across multiple commodities in Southern Africa.

Broad incumbents

• Stefanutti Stocks: Large JSE-listed diversified construction and engineering group with a mining services division offering open-cast mining, materials handling, and bulk earthworks. Competes with SPH for major mining house contracts but operates across much broader construction and infrastructure segments.
• Murray & Roberts: JSE-listed major South African engineering and construction group with mining services capabilities via its Underground Mining platform. Competes with SPH for mining-related contracts while serving a far wider industrial, energy, and infrastructure customer base.
• Concor Construction: South African construction group with significant mining services exposure including earthworks, haul road construction, and open-cast mining contracts. Competes with SPH for mining house tenders while serving broader construction markets.
• Aveng Grinaker-LTA: South African construction and engineering group with mining-related services including open-pit mining, materials handling, and civils work for mining houses. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes in mining services as part of a wider infrastructure portfolio.

Emerging players

• Perenti (formerly Barminco): ASX-listed global mining services contractor with significant African underground hard-rock mining operations. Comparable business model to SPH as a contract miner, though focused on underground services rather than open-cast/surface operations; expanding in Africa as a potential competitor or partner.
• Byrnecut: Australian-headquartered specialist underground mining contractor with expanding African operations. Comparable contract mining services business model serving Tier-1 mining houses, though focused on underground development rather than surface materials handling like SPH.
• Macmahon Holdings: ASX-listed mining services contractor with surface and underground contract mining operations across Australia and Africa. Comparable in offering end-to-end mining services to Tier-1 customers, though with a smaller African footprint than SPH.

Others

• Raubex Group: Parent company of SPH Kundalila and a JSE-listed diversified construction and mining materials group. Operates the broader Raubex Materials division encompassing SPH, aggregates, and other mining services. Included as the most direct corporate comparison and to reflect the integrated relationship SPH has within the group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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