Edluga is a small independent commodities house in Johannesburg. We buy South African bulk at the mine, prove it with an independent assay, and move it to a siding, a terminal or a berth.
Most of what circulates in this market is a spreadsheet and a photograph. Somebody forwards an offer, somebody else forwards it on, and by the time it reaches a real buyer nobody in the chain has stood at the plant. We start at the mine instead, and we only offer tonnage we have actually seen the paperwork for.
Small on purpose. You get the person who priced your cargo rather than a case number, and there is nobody in the middle to lose the thread between the enquiry and the reconciliation. The trade-off is that we take fewer cargoes and say no more often than a large desk would.
We decline anything that cannot show clean origin and verifiable title, whatever the margin is. That is not a values statement — it is the only way a house this size survives its first bad year, and it is the reason a producer will let us market their tonnage at all.
We are a small house. That means you get the person who priced your cargo, not a case number — and it means we would rather decline in a day than string you along for a month.
Thirty years of international commercial experience across mining and minerals, critical resources, oil and gas, procurement and infrastructure. UK-based, with a network built over many years across Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.
Twenty years in finance, private equity and principal investments, previously at Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase and ABN AMRO. Co-founded and ran alternative investment funds deploying over US$2 billion across emerging and global markets.
Transaction advisory and commodity trading across East and Southern Africa, spanning private business, banking, cross-border trade and development cooperation. Focused on origination, commodity sourcing and offtake, and deal structuring in energy and mineral commodities.
Twenty years across investment, business development and commodities-related industries in African markets. Identifies and develops commercial opportunities, builds strategic relationships and navigates complex transactions across the continent.
Mining right and company documents verified against the register before a parcel is offered on.
KYC and AML both sides, screened against OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, refreshed each shipment.
Independent accredited house. The governing certificate is named in the contract before the cargo moves.
NCND and NDA before identities are disclosed, in both directions.
Six fields, one working day. You will get a real answer or a straight no — and usually the reason why.