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