Mining and minerals
Overview
Increased demand for resources globally has prompted a new wave of investment in mining, particularly in resource-rich Africa. The mining industry faces many challenges that must be adequately managed, including volatile commodity prices, fluctuating currencies, implementing new technologies, operating and capital cost pressures, a broad range of funding alternatives, growing environmental concerns and constantly changing political and strategic pressures.
Standard Bank Group's mining and metals finance and advisory teams based in Johannesburg, London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore assist and advise clients in securing innovative and flexible financing, developing and executing strategic growth and restructuring initiatives and mitigating risk in and mining-related transactions.
Why you should talk to us:
- We have extensive industry expertise, with skills from banking to mine engineering and geology
- Our presence across Africa and emerging markets globally enables us to coordinate and execute our client's financing and banking requirements within and across continents
- Our presence in all major mining regions enables us to carry out in-depth analyses of commodity trends and stay abreast of all the latest developments in the industry
- Our commodity and currency trading desks offer 24-hour trading capabilities and provide price-risk management and hedging strategies
- Relationship managers function as each client's dedicated banking partner
- Standard Bank Group is playing a leading role in arranging facilities for many of the most significant mining projects currently underway in Africa, Latin America and other key emerging markets.
Products and services we offer:
- Corporate finance advisory solutions
- Project finance
- Working capital facilities
- Bridging finance
- Acquisition finance
- Inventory financing
- Structured trade and commodity finance
- Commodity price risk management solutions
- Foreign exchange and interest rate hedging
- Global transactional banking services
- Empowerment financing