Best Mining Companies in Johannesburg, South Africa
The 34 best Mining companies in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Implats.
Our analysis of 100 Mining companies
$17.0b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Mining companies in Johannesburg
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Implats Producer of platinum group metals | $1.3B | 113 mo ago | Public | — | 1994 | LeafletApache HTTP Serverlit-html+10 | — |
| 2 | Bushveld Minerals Manufacturer of vanadium products for the steel and chemical sectors | $50M | 55 mo ago | Public | — | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 3 | MineRP Data management platform for the mining industry | $443K | 33 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1997 | WixSentryBootstrap+12 | — |
| 4 | Afri-Tech Provider of mining services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 5 | Africa Maintenance Equipment Africa Maintenance Equipment (AME) is a specialist supplier of engineering tools and equipment in the… | — | — | — | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 6 | africa parts group Africa Parts Group is a supplier of branded replacement parts to the automotive, commercial, off-highway, and… | — | — | Private | — | 1948 | Cart FunctionalitynopCommerceDoofinder+9 | — |
| 7 | Anglo American Provider of iron exploration services | — | — | Public | — | 2005 | anime.jsHighchartsD3+19 | — |
| 8 | Canyon Coal Provider of coal exploration, mining, and processing services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2006 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+19 | — |
Top 3 Mining companies in Johannesburg
#1
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 1997 · 200 employees$443.4Kraised▾
MineRP is a data management platform integrating it from mining technical data sets. It provides multiple modules including "GeoInventory" for translating mineral assets into stock, "GeoFinance" which integrates existing ERP systems with mining technical systems, and "GeoOpeartions" which provides data analytics related to the complete value chain. It also offers consultancy and training services.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$443.4K
#2
Public · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 814 employees$50.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of vanadium products for the steel and chemical sectors. Operations include the mining and processing of vanadium to supply materials for industrial applications. The business participates in the vanadium value chain by producing vanadium chemicals and related materials used in energy storage and industrial manufacturing.
- Mar 2022Post IPO$1.5M
- Mar 2018Post IPO$22M
- Mar 2018Post IPO$22.2M
- Dec 2017Post IPO$4.7M
#3
Public · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 1994 · 70000 employees$1.3Braised▾
In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $7.36B and a net profit of $1.97B.
- May 2017Post IPO$500M
- Sep 2015Post IPO$297.4M
- Feb 2013Conventional Debt$500M
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mining coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Johannesburg researches in mining tech
- University of Johannesburg15
- Johannesburg Hospital1
Common questions
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