BME South Africa Overview
Company Headquarters: South Africa
Founded: 1984
Workforce: ~4,800
Company Working:
BME South Africa designs, manufacturers, and sells explosives and other related accessories and blasting services to the mining, quarrying, and construction industries. It offers its products through three business segments, namely, agriculture, mining, and chemicals. The mining business segment comprises bulk emulsion, blended bulk explosives, specialized chemicals and chemical-based solutions, and logistics services for the opencast mining industry. The chemical business segment includes specialty, bulk trading, and industrial chemicals and polymers, as well as it includes base oils, additives, and lubricant products.
The company has offices located in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, DRC, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Senegal and Eritrea. Bulk Mining Explosives (Pty) Ltd (BME South Africa) operates as a subsidiary of Omnia Holdings Limited.
Strategy
BME South Africa developed a strategy to grow and sustain its global business through product development and research and development. It focuses on expansion as a strategy by collaborating with various distributors in key markets. The company concentrates on acquisition to enhance its product portfolio and develop the markets in emerging nations. For instance, in January 2018, it acquired Australia-based Advanced Initiating Systems Pty Ltd (AIS) increase the presence of its technical services and products in the Australian market.
