THE BE(A)ST OF AFRICAN MINING

We speak to Managing Director, Klaus Fischer, about Rhino Africa Mining Group’s trio of companies delivering quality contract and supply services to clients in Southern Africa

Writer: Marcus Kääpä | Project Manager: Joshua Mann

Africa is a mining mega-hub; copper, gold, diamond, and platinum deposits are only four of the vast swathe of key resources the continent boasts.

Across the pan-African mining sector, there are entities that play a critical role in facilitating mining services, from machinery provision and haulage to ore crushing and surface drilling.

Rhino Africa Mining Group (Rhino) is a mining specialist group of companies conducting operations in various areas of the industry, specifically in the contracting and supply services arena in Southern Africa. The group’s major operations arm is Newrak Mining (Pty) Ltd (Newrak), and its specialist operator arm is P2 Mining (Pty) Ltd (P2 Mining).

“We undertake small manganese mining operations in Zambia and maintain a consulting division in

– KLAUS FISCHER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, RHINO AFRICA MINING GROUP

Mozambique,” introduces Klaus Fischer, Managing Director of Rhino. “We are dedicated to providing the mining industry in Southern Africa with professional, skilled services and products; our mission is to exceed the expectations of our clients and provide mining services that are safe and effective in exploiting their mineral resources.”

Rhino is the result of an amalgamation of businesses. The original founding company, RAK Mining and Construction CC (RAK), was formed in 1995 and has grown into a well-established mining contracting company. Since the introduction of the mining charter in 2002, RAK had sought various ways to help transform the business into one that ensured the full involvement and support of historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA).

The original aim of the company was to find a suitable Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner who could add value to RAK’s operations