Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 42 000 employees. Our group owns majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles , South Africa (Absa Bank), Tanzania (Barclays Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
Exxaro Resources Limited is among the top five coal producers in South Africa. Since 2006, Exxaro has become one of South Africa's largest and foremost black-empowered and diversified mining companies.
The group is among the top 30 in the FTSE/JSE Socially Responsible Investment Index. Exxaro is also proud to embrace the principles of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Based on our position as a major coal supplier in South Africa, we understand the importance of being carbon-neutral and finally net zero carbon. Therefore, we have started incorporating renewable energy solutions into our existing portfolio to reach this milestone by 2050. To this end, Exxaro is pleased to announce the acquisition from Khopoli Investments Limited (Khopoli), wholly owned by Tata Power Company Limited (Tata), of Khopoli's 50% interest in Cennergi Proprietary Limited (Cennergi) for a cash consideration of R1 739 million (including price adjustments). As of 1 April 2020, Exxaro assumed 100% ownership of Cennergi.
Read more about what this acquisition means for Exxaro on Our environment: stewardship and compliance.
Our diversified asset portfolio comprises interests in renewable energy (wind) and thermal and metallurgical coal, and equity-accounted investments in iron ore, zinc and residual pigment manufacturing. Exxaro also has business interests globally in Europe (comprising a marketing and logistics office in Switzerland), the United States of America (USA) (through Tronox Holdings plc) which we disposed of in February 2021 and Australia (comprising a joint venture with Anglo Coal (Grosvenor Proprietary Limited) in the Moranbah coal mine).
Murray & Roberts is an engineering and contracting services company with its core focus on the mining markets in Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific through the Cementation brand, and with a secondary focus through OptiPower, on the renewable energy and power infrastructure markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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