Mining development partner — Sub-Saharan Africa

More than a contractor.
A partner in developing your mine.

African license holders are held back by capital, logistics and access to markets — not by what’s in the ground. SCV Minerals is more than a contract miner: an AI-powered partner across mining, logistics and trading, with the depth to develop your asset for the long term — backed by EMS Mining, our first operating company.

Open-pit mining operation in Africa
15+ yrs
In the mining industry
EMS Mining
First operating company
Surface + UG
Real mining capability
Sub-Saharan
Africa focus
For asset owners

The real bottleneck isn’t the ore

  • Capital to buy the fleet and scale production
  • Working capital trapped between EXW and FOB
  • Access to buyers and end-markets
  • Building bankable, well-run operations

What a true partner brings

  • Industrial mining, executed safely at volume
  • Operations & finance built together with you
  • Access to capital and to markets
  • Aligned for the life of the asset

What we do

More than a contractor — several engines for your asset

01

Drill & Blast

Surface production, engineered.

02

Surface & Underground

Mechanised mining at volume.

03

Engineering / METS

Technical services & planning.

04

Logistics to FOB

Mine to port, cross-border.

05

Trading & Offtake

We buy, move and sell the minerals.

06

AI-powered operations

AI across fleet, equipment & decisions.

Surface mining site with heavy equipment

Our difference

Not just a contractor or a logistics provider — an AI-powered partner across mining, logistics and trade.

Our approach

Not a contractor for hire. A partner in your asset.

Most mining contractors run equipment, bill for uptime, and move on when the contract ends. SCV is built to do more — and to stay. We give your asset several engines, not one: industrial mining, logistics and trading, plus access to capital — increasingly powered by AI across our fleet, equipment and decisions. Alongside standard contract rates, we’re open to commercial structures that fit your project and align us with its long-term success.

01 — Execute

Run the operation

Contract mining delivered to spec, safely, at scale.

02 — Develop

Build the asset

Operations, processes and finances that make the mine bankable and scalable.

03 — Partner

Grow together

Long-term: access to capital, routes to market, and commercial structures aligned to your success.

The group

Built on real operators

Haul truck on a mine site
EMS MINING Group company

A South African specialist in surface drilling & blasting, underground contract mining and technical services — with the experience and capacity to operate across Sub-Saharan Africa. SCV’s first operating company.

emsmining.tech ↗ Sub-Saharan reach Safety First
+ More operating companies to follow

Mission & Vision

Africa holds nearly a third of the world’s mineral reserves and is among the fastest-growing regions on earth — yet only a fraction of the capital to develop them. We exist to help close that gap.

Our mission

Help the people who own Africa’s mineral assets turn them into lasting value — with the capability, capital and partnership that mid-size miners can’t reach alone.

Our vision

To become Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading mine-development partner: the first call for any license holder who wants to build, scale and bring a deposit to market.

We’re invested in more than minerals. Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, and its future matters to us — we want to help build it through deep, hands-on expertise in its resources.

Where we work

Focused on Sub-Saharan Africa

Targeting high-potential, under-served jurisdictions across the region — where good deposits are held back by capital and capability, not geology.

Commodities

Critical metals to bulk

Rare earths Copper Chrome Manganese Cobalt Gold PGM Bauxite Coal grades

Have an asset you want to develop — or capital to deploy?

For owners, investors, banks and suppliers. Group holding in Mauritius.