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Omnia

Omnia is a South African chemicals group specialising in the manufacture and supply of explosives, mining chemicals and agricultural nutrients. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg and operates across southern Africa, with additional operations in other African countries and internationally. Omnia is listed on the JSE Limited and serves key sectors including mining, agriculture and infrastructure. Its core business divisions include mining solutions, which supplies explosives and blasting services to the mining industry, and agriculture, which produces fertilisers and crop-nutrition products. The company holds a significant market position in the southern African explosives market, supplying major mining houses and smaller operations. Omnia's mining chemicals portfolio includes reagents used in mineral processing and beneficiation. The group employs several thousand people across its operations. Omnia was founded in 1953 as a fertiliser business and expanded into explosives manufacturing through acquisitions, becoming a leading supplier to the mining sector. The company has undergone restructuring in recent years to focus on its core chemicals and explosives operations.

Omnia News


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Omnia delivers strong performance in challenging period
8th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Omnia achieved a strong performance for the financial year ended March 31, with its diversified business model and execution in its Agriculture and Mining segments enabling it to weather... 


Fertiliser manufactured by Omnia being moved on a farm
Omnia reports strong cash position, flags higher full-year earnings
25th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

JSE-listed Omnia expects to report a 21% to 27% increase in earnings per share (EPS) to between R8.37 and R8.79 for the financial year ended March 31, compared with the EPS of R6.92 reported for... 


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Blasting programme improves skills
22nd May 2026

The flagship Blasting Assistant Trainee Programme of blasting solutions specialist BME is positively transforming lives in South Africa’s mining communities by empowering individuals with... 


Omnia financial director Stephan Serfontein
Omnia prioritises supply chain security and nutrient efficiency as global fertiliser market uncertainty persists
14th May 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified chemicals group Omnia is using Nampo Harvest Day 2026 to highlight its response to global fertiliser market uncertainty, with the company having made significant supply chain... 


Seelan Gobalsamy, Group CEO of Omnia Holdings
Seelan Gobalsamy
1st May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Seelan Gobalsamy, Group CEO of Omnia Holdings, a globally diversified chemicals group that operates in 23 countries across the mining and agriculture sectors 


Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy (right) being interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Middle East crisis underlining relevance of supply strength of South Africa’s Omnia
10th April 2026 By: Martin Creamer

At this time of crisis in the Middle East, the supply chain strength of South Africa’s Omnia is of major relevance from mining and agriculture perspectives. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane
South Africa needs to reintroduce exploration into its mining DNA
1st April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Exploration is the start of any mining value chain and increasing investment in exploration is fundamental to South Africa using its mineral resources to drive development of its industries and... 


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On-The-Air (27/03/2026)
27th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about Omnia’s supply chain strength, Nornickel's Palladium Centre and promising uranium/gold endowment. 


Omnia’s supply chain strength, Nornickel's Palladium Centre, promising uranium/gold endowment make headlines
Omnia’s supply chain strength, Nornickel's Palladium Centre, promising uranium/gold endowment make headlines
27th March 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks how the Middle East crisis is highlighting the relevance of Omnia’s supply chain strength; Nornickel's Palladium Centre's long list of advancing new... 


Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy (right) being interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Middle East crisis underlining relevance of supply strength of South Africa’s Omnia
26th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

At this time of crisis in the Middle East, the supply chain strength of South Africa’s Omnia is of major relevance from mining and agriculture perspectives. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 


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Explosives maker eyes Canada expansion with production complex
27th February 2026

Having completed the construction of its electronic detonator manufacturing plant in Canada, blasting solutions provider BME Mining Canada, a division of the JSE-listed Omnia Group, is forging... 


BME Mining Chemicals GM Lefa Masiuana talks to Engineering News & Mining Weekly at Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town
BME Metallurgy positioned to better serve African mining industry
11th February 2026

BME Metallurgy is the minerals processing division of explosives manufacturer BME, a subsidiary of diversified chemicals group Omnia Holdings. It was previously known as Protea Mining Chemicals... 


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Igniting mining boom through collaboration, innovation
30th January 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The theme of this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba – Stronger Together: Progress Through Partnerships – underscores a pivotal consensus in the mining industry that collaboration among... 


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