We had the opportunity to sit down Vuslat Bayoglu, a man who knows more then most about running an African mining business.
Vuslat leads Menar, a private mining & investment company, that has bought assets from Rio in the past and understands the intricacies of operator in a tough market. He gave us the 101 on the much-maligned SA power situation, how he assess the pros & cons of operating in Africa as well as how to extract value from overlooked projects.
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(0:00:00)Introduction
(0:02:25)Investment landscape in South Africa
(0:08:25)Private vs Public
(0:11:56)Local SA knowledge
(0:15:15)Infrastructure constraints in SA
(0:19:49)Mineral endowment
(0:29:58)Coal transactions
(0:33:12)Natural Gas pricing
(0:36:40)SA downstream production
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