South African Manganese Miners Eye Transnet Partnership for New Export Terminal

Motsepe's ARM joins consortium for Ngqura manganese terminal

Patrice Motsepe is building out his mining empire, and this time the expansion runs through a port.African Rainbow Minerals, the mining company controlled by South Africa's richest man, has confirmed it will join a consortium developing a new manganese export terminal at Ngqura Port in the Eastern Cape. The facility, a joint venture between the Manganese Producers Consortium and state-owned logistics company Transnet, is set to become the countr…

South African manganese miners eye Transnet partnership for new export terminal

ARM's manganese ore operations reported a 76% decline in headline earnings, hit by a 22% drop in the average dollar price for high-grade ore

African Rainbow Minerals joins bid for strategic Ngqura manganese export terminal

African Rainbow Minerals will participate in a consortium bid to build and operate a new manganese export terminal at the Port of Ngqura, a project widely viewed as critical to unlocking the country’s export capacity for the key steelmaking mineral. The announcement came alongside ARM’s interim financial results released on 6 March 2026, when the company disclosed that it will join other manganese producers in bidding for the concession expected…